Don't make fun of the 8-inch drives I used on an Apple ][ running CP/M!


>ng after it's demise ) for AT PS's?  IIRC there was an 
>ISA controller card for this serial floppy drive that required a -5 vdc 
>supply ( I don't recall what needed -12v ) and the oddball workaround is 
>that manufacturers while still ( unreasonabley? ) forced to provide -5v 
>and -12v service, simply reduce current capacity to utter uselessness 
>and we all pay for something nobody can use.  While this may be a small 
>thing, and I recognize that just maybe there might be somebody out there 
>( *really* out there, imho ) that still uses or needs to use such a 
>device, but it does seem odd to saddle manufacturers and end buyers with 
>this waste when it can be difficult to get support for 2 year old 
>devices now that are still relevant.  Weird, especially during what 
>amounts to the genesis of "Computing".
>  
>


 

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