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5 1/4" 1.2MB ADAMnet Floppy Disk Drive

MICRO INNOVATIONS · Mass Storage Never Released
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Catalogue IDHW-0359
ManufacturerMICRO INNOVATIONS
Person or teamMark Gordon
TypeMass Storage (Storage)
Connects viaADAMnet - never officially released for purchase
PlatformADAM
StatusNever Released
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

A high-density 5.25-inch drive for the ADAM at 1.2MB - the AT-class format, on a machine that shipped with 160K.

In proportion

  • 1.2MB is roughly seven and a half times the capacity of Coleco's own drive, and nearly five times a 256K data pack.
  • The whole of most ADAM software libraries fits on a handful of disks.

An ADAMnet drive carries its own processor and answers commands over the bus, so a capacity like this needs firmware written for it as well as the mechanism - Micro Innovations' drive EPROMs are catalogued separately.

Micro Innovations was among the most capable third parties supporting the machine, and this is the sort of thing that shows it.