ogasawar@noscvax.UUCP (Todd H. Ogasawara) (11/30/85)
Has anyone tried the Radio Shack "Tandy 300/Model 100 Portable Disk Drive?"
It is a 3.5" micro floppy drive that runs off of batteries or AC off of
the M100/T200 serial port (19.2Kbaud) and has a 100K capacity. Cost is $200.
Thanks in advance for any info..todd
Todd Ogasawara, Computer Sciences Corp.
NOSC-Hawaii Laboratories
UUCPmail: {akgua,allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!noscvax!ogasawar
MILNET: OGASAWAR@NOSCmoore@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andrew M. Moore) (12/01/85)
Keywords: The Tandy Portable Disk Drive was reviewed in Issue #2 of the South Shore Portable Computer Users Group (SSPCUG) Newsletter. If you would like a copy of the article, send a check payable to "ANDREW MOORE" for $1.00 to: SSPCUG Newsletter P.O. Box 121 North Quincy, MA 02171 (subscription cost for ten issues (year) is $5.00 -- add this to the check if you want to subscribe). In short, the drive runs well, and in my opinion it is worth the $200 that Tandy asks -- though it does only store 100K. See the newsletter for details. -drew
hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) (12/01/85)
> Has anyone tried the Radio Shack "Tandy 300/Model 100 Portable Disk Drive?" > It is a 3.5" micro floppy drive that runs off of batteries or AC off of > the M100/T200 serial port (19.2Kbaud) and has a 100K capacity. Cost is $200. > > Todd Ogasawara, Computer Sciences Corp. A colleague (who read up on it) told me that it appears to treat the diskette as a cassette tape drive. He's concerned that it may not have the random access capability to replace files, i.e., the user may have to keep track of the order of files. (He'll probably still buy one.) Does anyone know for sure? --henry schaffer
moore@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andrew M. Moore) (12/02/85)
The drive comes with a .CO file that assigns various functions to the functions keys -- one lets you get a directory of the disk drive, listing files in alphabetical order with their length in bytes, plus the total number of bytes free on the disk. There is no need to keep track of the order of files on the drive. For a review see issue #2 of the SSPCUG Newsletter (reply for details) -drew
moore@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andrew M. Moore) (12/02/85)
Mistake in last message -- I meant issue #3, not issue #2. Issue #3 is currently being copied and will be sent out to all subscribers within a few days. Issues are also available separately; mail me for details. -drew
mikey@techsup (12/06/85)
My brother bought one right away. He really likes it, but the drivers could stand some enhancement. They're bare-bones now, but give it time, someone will write some very powerful disk access stuff. His only real gripe is that the drivers stay in RAM, he wants to burn them into a ROM. Maybe one of the 3rd party vendors will pick up some pretty wild enhancements before too long. mikey trsvaxtechsupbbimgmikey