Re: ANNOUNCE: World's First 3.5-inch Flexible Disk Drive Write-up

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <xP%u9.215465$U7.60081811@twister.socal.rr.com>,
 "Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote:

> http://www.macgeek.org/museum/sony400kdrive/index.html
> 
> Though it's not directly related  to the Apple II's, it's part of Apple
> history...
> 
> SONY Micro Floppydisk Drive - Model OA-D30V
> 
<snip>
> 
> Read more about it, with detailed photos, via the link mentioned above.

Found one mistake...

> Comparison of the disk protect tab. The left disk is the modern disk protect 
> tab. The right disk is the OM-D30V, which you had to pry off to write 
> protect. You could not replace the tab later on.

If you look closely, you can snap that tab out and replace it in the 
write-protect area as a sliding tab.  I had some disks, not Sony, that 
were exactly like that and threw away two of the tabs before I figured 
that out.  I also always wondered why on those disks you could open the 
disk guard and have it lock open.  Now I know...the first drives 
required it.  My first experience with 3.5" disks/drives was with the 
Mac.

Otherwise, thanks for the article.  It made interesting reading.

Greg B.

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