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to: Roy J. Tellason
from: Bill Birrell
date: 2003-08-19 22:43:00
subject: Joining the C echo

> "terminal" was a DecWriter.  We moved after that to a
 > dual 8" floppy drive that stored a whole 256,256 bytes
 > on each floppy,  and that was a big step up.  

    Yup. The basis of the Cromemco System 3. Later they introduced a double
sided, then a double density 8" disk. Had the same capacity as a
modern 3.5" HD floppy.

    I managed to write a proportionally spaced driver for a daisywheel
printer on one of those. Of course it needed a PS daisywheel. :-)

    Day before yesterday I received a 3" CD with the drivers for a
PCMCIA USB 2.0 hub (the new one). It worked, too. Capacity used was about
1.8MB. :-)

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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