Date   : Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:16:54 -0000
From   : helenandjohn.simpson@... (Helen & John Simpson)
Subject: Electron PSUs

> Thanks for the info. I've got a few PRES disk interfaces for 
> both DFS and ADFS, and even one of the Cumana double-density 
> DFS ones with the clock (mine has the battery removed after 
> it leaked and damaged the board). But I don't even know if 
> the Plus 3 works, and it's such a well-designed expansion.

I agree with you, the Plus 3 is wonderfully over-designed. It looks
smart, and is really robust, but was significantly more expensive and
less capable than the competition! From a vintage computing perspective,
however, this lack of capability is not at all important, I just like
the look of the thing. 
 
> One thing I'm not sure of - doesn't the Plus 3 only have a 
> single-sided drive? If so, that must be its main 
> disadvantage, even though 320K is still plenty of storage for 
> a 32K 8-bit machine :-)

The manual is a bit unclear on this, and mentions both single- and
double-sided versions of the unit. However mine is only single sided.

john

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