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DerekL
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The TRS-80 Model II used them. Some CP/M microcomputers did too.
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pacman128
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I had an old Model II 8" drive I had pulled out of old machine that I used in the Intro to Computing class I taught in the 90's. It made a great prop to show how drives work. The read/write head was about the size of a matchbox.
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