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> On 9/1/05, *Robert L. Harris* <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net 
&gt; &lt;<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:Robert.L.Harris";>mailto:Robert.L.Harris</a> at rdlg.net&gt;&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;     5MB?
&gt;
&gt;     C64 with an external 5.25&quot; and a TAPE.  I remember getting REAL
&gt;     excited
&gt;     when I could re-notch it and double the storage.  Then the 3.5&quot; drives
&gt;     let us REALLY up the storage on the BBS.
&gt;
&gt;     Before that was a sinclair but that didn't &quot;really&quot; have external
&gt;     storage, just the carts.
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; I was sticking to &quot;rigid disk&quot; storage.  I started out with very slow 
&gt; 8&quot; floppies for storage.  90KB?
&gt;
&gt; I remember being very excited when we bought a dual 8&quot; floppy drive 
&gt; pair for $2200, dual density, double sided.  I've forgot who made 
&gt; them, but the standard at the time was worm drive controlled heads.  
&gt; The ones we bought were moved by magnetic heads (like a speaker).  
&gt; Ultra fast.  (whatever that meant at the time.)  The 5MB harddisk was 
&gt; a upgrade a year or two later.
&gt;
&gt; Greg
&gt; -- 
&gt; Greg Freemyer
&gt; The Norcross Group
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The &quot;worm-drive&quot; sounds like Shugart. The one with magnetic heads (like 
a speaker) sound like servo-contolled. I don't remember that for floppy 
drives, but in harddrives.



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