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The A&J MicroDrive System-100 is a tape drive almost identical to the Exatron Stringy Floppy. | The A&J MicroDrive System-100 is a tape drive almost identical to the Exatron Stringy Floppy. | ||
A&J was a company that spun off from Exatron. Initially they sold tape drives with the same drive mechanisms and cassettes (called "wafers") as the Exatron Stringy Floppy, then switched to a different drive | Entrepo / A&J MicroDrive was a company that spun off from Exatron. Initially they sold tape drives with the same drive mechanisms and cassettes (called "wafers") as the Exatron Stringy Floppy, then switched to a different drive mechanism from BSR and "microwafer" cassette that is conceptually and essentially the same as the StringyFloppy, merely with slightly different dimensions. The BSR & Exatron drives & wafers are not compatible with each other. | ||
The same drive was sold in at least a few other products for other platforms. | The same drive was sold in at least a few other products for other platforms. Some examples:<br> | ||
* A&J MicroDrive for the Timex Sinclair | |||
* Rotronics WafaDrive for the ZX Spectrum | |||
* Entrepo Quick Data Drive Model 8500 for Commodor 64 (also rebadged by NCS) | |||
The wafers were made & sold by Entrepo, and also rebadged by at least Phonemark and Smith Corona. | The wafers were made & sold by Entrepo, and also rebadged by at least Phonemark and Smith Corona. | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 28 July 2022
The A&J MicroDrive System-100 is a tape drive almost identical to the Exatron Stringy Floppy.
Entrepo / A&J MicroDrive was a company that spun off from Exatron. Initially they sold tape drives with the same drive mechanisms and cassettes (called "wafers") as the Exatron Stringy Floppy, then switched to a different drive mechanism from BSR and "microwafer" cassette that is conceptually and essentially the same as the StringyFloppy, merely with slightly different dimensions. The BSR & Exatron drives & wafers are not compatible with each other.
The same drive was sold in at least a few other products for other platforms. Some examples:
- A&J MicroDrive for the Timex Sinclair
- Rotronics WafaDrive for the ZX Spectrum
- Entrepo Quick Data Drive Model 8500 for Commodor 64 (also rebadged by NCS)
The wafers were made & sold by Entrepo, and also rebadged by at least Phonemark and Smith Corona.
Software
Olivetti M10
- [System-100-TOS-M10.zip]
- [DISK10.zip]
Misc References
There is also some info in the M100SIG archive, particularly the "reviews" dir.
Portable-100 Magazine, 1986 April pg. 33
