Date   : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:31:53 +1030
From   : station240@... (paul aslin)
Subject: A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip

> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:11:42 +0100
> From: adsb@...
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip
> 
> On 22/07/10 12:45, J.G.Harston wrote:
> > Andrew Benham wrote:
> >> o   Cumana dual 5.25" floppy drive unit, with a 3.5" floppy drive
> >>     screwed on the side
> > 
> > On the //side//???
> 
> Yup.  Most of the dual drive units I've seen have the two 5.25" drives
> side by side.  This one has the two 5.25" drives mounted one above the
> other - giving an almost square front panel.  And a big area of metal
> for each side.

Other way around here, I had never seen the side by side drives here in Australia.
Not sure who made them, but the drives were a tad unreliable when I used
them in 1993.
                                         
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