Scott_A_Dalrymple@cup.portal.com (07/19/89)
Hello, netlanders!
About one or two months ago I remember reading in one of the trade
journals or PC magazines (probably PC Week, PC Magazine, Infoworld, or
PC/Computing) about new technology that allows multi-megabyte storage
on 3.5" microfloppies. I seem to recall that a 10-meg system was to
be released into the market very soon, with 20-meggers to follow, perhaps
later this summer. It of course required a specialized drive, and I
think also specialized microfloppies (super-duper-high-density, or some
such name, they were calling it).
But I'll be darned if I can't find the article now, even though we
keep old copies around for a while, and I'm sure the magazines are still
in our library. Just too many magazines to look through. We've scanned
lots of tables of content, looking up all the possible titles, but to
no avail. The reason why we're looking, and why I'm posting, is that
one of my associates is *very* anxious to find out more about these.
In fact, after all this searching, I'm starting to question my sanity
(and so is my associate!). So I'd just be happy to get some responses
that say, "yeah, I saw that too, you're remembering it right". But what
I'm really hoping for is that someone out there can tell me where I saw it,
or point me to *any* articles or information on these multi-meggers, a
manufacturer, distributor, phone number, anything!
Thanks a bunch,
Scott Dalrymple Scott_A_Dalrymple@cup.portal.com
Computer Sciences Corporationbobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (07/19/89)
I believe you're referring to "vertical recording format" devices. Kodak makes them (through their Spin Physics subsidiary, perhaps?). I remember an advert. in some trade rag (the kind that go free to business addresses and rarely or never to personal subscribers) a few months ago. If they're shipping, it's probably to OEMs for use in specialized devices such as well loggers. Hit up Kodak for more info.