From: bv@wjv.com   
      
   In article <45b20c95$0$4881$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,   
   Tom Lake  wrote:   
   >> MECI.com has (still had the last time I looked) single sided 180k 3.5"   
   >> drives. It was such an oddball thing I picked one up, but have never   
   >> tried it out. No idea what it was designed for regarding tpi and   
   >> sectors. Definitely has only one head.   
   >>   
   >> Don't recall any system using a 3.5" drive at only 180k capacity. The   
   >> drive mounting bracket came with two round SPST momentary contact   
   >> switches mounted on it. Weird.   
   >>   
   >> Might that be of any interest to anyone? If they are I'll check MECI and   
   >> see if they still have them listed.   
   >   
   >   
   >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   
      
   On relfecting further I think the Sony CP/M computer used them.   
   It was a low profile system, and it was used as a controller for   
   a Sony laser disk player back in 1983 on a project I was called in   
   for.  It pre-dated the Apple Mac's use of the floppy by several   
   months, and it seems that most people think the Mac was the first   
   to use a 3.5" - but 'tis not true.   
      
   Bill   
      
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