On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> The thing that really brought Drivetec down was that you had to use
> their factory-preformatted embedded-servo floppy media.  It was
> expensive (about $15 each in 1986).
>

Same with Iomega ZIP disks (introduced 1994, initially $20 medium), but
those were wildly successful.

I don't think requiring factory-formatted media was really the problem. It
seems more likely that the Drivetec disk only having the capacity of seven
floppy disks was the problem.

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