Oh and apparently the tape is narrower than cassette, so there will be no cobbling up any kind of home made cart using tape from a regular cassette.
-- bkw On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 8:10 PM Brian White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are some exatron tapes on ebay right now but those are only the same > in essence, not actually the same. > > That video showing the Rotronics drive also shows a drive for Commodore > that is a similar overall configuration like mine, just the case looks like > abs while the a&j is extruded aluminum. And other videos that show the > insides remove all doubt. This drive mechanism is the same as the Rotronics > and at least a couple others, but not the Sinclare microdrive or the > Exatron stringy floppy. > > -- > bkw > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 5:49 PM David Anderson <da...@andertone.com> wrote: > >> The A&J Microdrive was made by a company spun off from Exatron, who made >> the “stringy floppy” cassettes. The Wafadrive is the same mechanism, but >> made by BSR, who had a stake in Exatron, I think. It’s been a while. >> >> Anyway, the drives and cassettes are kind of hard to come by. They show >> up on the bay once in a while. >> >> David >> >
