three and a quarter inch floppy?

[Jim Beacon]

From: "Adrian Graham" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>


> >
> > 31/4 drives were used on the old Amstrad word processing
> > machines (forget the number - do any of the other UK members know?
>
> They were (I think Hitachi) 3" drives that were going to be 'the next big
> thing'. The likes of Amscrap, Sinclair and Tatung used them probably
because
> the 'new' sony drive was more expensive. Double sided disks were used to
> give 160k per side, you had to turn the disk over to get at the other
side.
> Most of the amstrad machines on my website feature the 3" drive but I've
> just checked and most of the pictures of the drive itself are pretty poor
to
> say the least!
> I've got a PCW series machine downstairs if anyone wants pictures but
> they're found all over the web :)

Oh well I was close! I knew the Amstrads used something odd, but it's been
20 years since I used one....

Jim.