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Re: Slot 'extender' dev cable



mdj wrote:

> On Feb 2, 11:04 pm, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
> wrote:
> 
>> I have an atlas 8 floppy drive in the back room from my clone ][. I can't
>> find any info on it whatsoever. Is it the same thing as yours?
> 
> Alas no, this is just a 'clone' 5.25" drive that happens to support 40
> tracks. It's Atlas branded.
> 
> I don't have any 8" drives for the II - Always been curious about it,
> but not all that keen to warehouse such equipment ;-)

My Atlas-8 drive, unless it's been mislabelled is a 5-1/4" floppy drive.
It's a half-height drive. Ie the same height as a standard later 5-1/4"
drive on PCs.

A picture of the sorry looking thing on top of the clone ][.
http://images.filecloud.com/330677/dsc02759.jpg

A dark picture of the drives label.
http://images.filecloud.com/330678/dsc02762.jpg

Tristan.
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