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Re: Apple II still ahead of the curve!

Subject: Re: Apple II still ahead of the curve!
From: "PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com>
Date: 15 Oct 2006 10:41:24 -0700
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More like WAY ahead of its time.  Tony Diaz implemented a PCMCIA based
flash drive on a Focus Card in the early '90's.  I saw a 5MB "SUNDISK"
version at Kfest one year (Yes before they changed the name to
"SANDISK") and here is a picture of an early version using an EPSON
card:

http://www.apple2.org/images/Interface_Cards/Hard_Disk_Controllers/ht/FocusPCMCIAJPEG.html

The Apple II was also one of the first computers to implement a 1.8"
Hard Drive as well.  Alltech sold hundreds of Focus drives with 20MB
verisions of HP's chicklet drive back then.

- Paul

Simon D. Williams wrote:
> I was just reading about flash memory replacing hard drives in some new
> laptops, and it occurred to me that in this regard the Apple II is well
> ahead of current technology. Hats off to Rich Dreher and the CFFA!

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- Apple II still ahead of the curve!
  - From: "Simon D. Williams" <email@ld8.org>

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