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   Tom Lake to All   
   Re: 360K or 180K disk drives   
   27 Jan 07 17:16:07   
   
   From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   "N Morrison"  wrote in message   
   news:1169930542.062886.134910@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Jan 20, 4:34 am, "Tom Lake"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yes, they're there @ $4.95 US.  I've never heard of 3.5" 180K disk drives   
   either.   
   >> I wonder what company used them!   
   >>   
   >> Tom Lake   
   >   
   > The Tandy PDD1 and PDD2 were actually designed for the Brother sewing   
   > machine AFAIK, and were used to load patterns. Other people looked at   
   > it and realised they could use it on their computer systems!   
      
      
   Very clever!  People could scrounge and scavenge almost anything to use in   
   their home computers!   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
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