cctalk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 79

[Unibus]

> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:14:13 -0800
> From: William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net>
> Subject: Available: 8" Vydec compatible floppy disks
>
> I have a box of 10 Memorex "FD VI" Vydec-compatible
> 8" floppy disks.  These are single-sided, double-density
> disks with hard-sectored index holes around the periphery
> of the disk (on the outside, not near the center hole).
> They are labelled as compatible with the Memorex 651 drive.
> Note that these are not the more common 32-sector format,
> or the even more common soft-sectored variety.  As far as
> I know, these are useful only for Vydec word processors,
> a very early WYSIWYG WP system.
>
Early versions (PDP11/05, /10) of Monash University's MONECS used
Memorex 651 drives and the floppy disks should be compatible.

Regards,
Garry