mgarlanger
Experienced Member
Are there 8" 96-tpi drives? I came across an announcement for a disk device driver that mentioned 8" 96-tpi drives were due out later that year (1982):
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Sb: HDOS for CDR FDC-880H
16-Oct-82 19:07:08
Fm: Ray Livingston 70105,1207
To: ALL
To ALL CDR USERS -
The HDOS Device Driver for the CDR FDC-880H Double Density Disk
Controller has been shipping for over a month, and the response has been
tremendous! In case you haven't heard about it, this driver supports ALL
H/Z-37 AND H/Z-47 disk formats and is completely HDOS compatible. It is also
VERY fast. (MBASIC loads in under 1.5 seconds!) In addition, it supports the
96tpi 8" drives due out later this year for up to 2 Megabytes per disk! It
also provides detailed error histories for each drive, allowing the user to
spot a failing drive before it fails completely.
This driver is available for $40 plus $2 shipping from:
Livingston Logic Labs
Post Office Box 5334
Pasadena, California 91107
In a few months, we will also be releasing Heath CP/M 2.2.03 modified
for use with the CDR FDC-880H. This will contain ALL features of the Heath
CP/M, and be completely compatible with ALL H/Z-37 and H/Z-47 disk formats,
including extended double density, etc. This will also support 96 tpi 8"
drives when they come out.
Both of the above products will operate at ANY CPU speed up to 4 Mhz
with NO patching.