Xref: utzoo comp.sys.misc:1697 comp.sys.tandy:885 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihuxv!tedk From: tedk@ihuxv.ATT.COM (Kekatos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: RS232 disk drives (Tandy PDD II) Message-ID: <2861@ihuxv.ATT.COM> Date: 21 Sep 88 20:11:33 GMT References: <590683317.mkb@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU> Reply-To: tedk@ihuxv.UUCP (55624-Kekatos,T.G.) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 23 In article <590683317.mkb@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU> Mike.Blackwell@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU writes: |I'm looking for a small, simple floppy disk drive for loading code on |to our mobile robot. A 3.5" drive with an RS232 or 422 interface would |be perfect. It doesn't have to be fancy - if I could give it a track |and sector number, and have it spit back the contents (and vis-versa |for writing), I can take care of any rudimentry 'file system' functions |we might need. Speed isn't an issue, either (we're not loading a lot of |code). |I've heard that Radio Shack has something like this for one of their |portable computers. Does anyone know anything about this (like model |number)? Is the information available to use it without an RS computer? |How about any other products that you think might fit the bill? | thanks! | Mike Blackwell | mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu | 412-268-8830 Yes, Tandy does have a 3.5 inch drive. It operates from a RS-232 port. It stores 200k and uses 4 "AA" batteries or AC adapter. The Tandy number is 26-3806 ($199.95) There MS-DOS software available to operate the drive from a PC serial port. The software is available on Compu$erve.