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The same drive was sold in at least a few other products for other platforms. Some examples:<br> | The same drive was sold in at least a few other products for other platforms. Some examples:<br> | ||
* Rotronics WafaDrive for the ZX Spectrum | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotronics_Wafadrive Rotronics WafaDrive for the ZX Spectrum] | ||
* Entrepo Quick Data Drive Model 8500 for Commodor 64 (also rebadged by NCS) | * Entrepo Quick Data Drive Model 8500 for Commodor 64 (also rebadged by NCS) | ||
<!-- * A&J MicroDrive Stringy Floppy for Timex Sinclair (same as Exatron Stringy Floppy) --> | <!-- * A&J MicroDrive Stringy Floppy for Timex Sinclair (same as Exatron Stringy Floppy) --> | ||
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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:
- 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.
Manual
Manual for the Commodore64 version:
Entrepo Quick Data Drive Model 8500
Software
Olivetti M10
Misc References
There is also some info in the M100SIG archive, particularly the "reviews" dir.
See pg 33: Portable-100 Magazine, 1986 April pg. 33
Related / Other Platform Versions:
