From: ajalbert@excite.com   
      
   On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:34:45 -0500, "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   
      
   I recall a number of word processors using these... There were a   
   number of "word processors" - fancy typerwriters, often with a small   
   LCD screen just above the keyboard, so that you could see the document   
   you were editing, then print it out - sort of like the merging of a   
   Model 100 and an electric typewriter.  Some of these "word processors"   
   could also have an optional CGA monitor attached to them.  All of the   
   software was in ROM - floppies were only used to store data files.   
      
   As I recall, some used odd sizes of disks - 3" was used at times. Many   
   did use the standard sized floppy disks, though, and I seem to recall   
   that 180K was about the right storage amount...   
      
   Anthony Albert   
      
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