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stringy floppy |
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Stringy FloppyA tape drive developed by Exatron, Sunnyvale, CA, for the Radio Shack TRS-80 personal computer that used a continuous loop cartridge of 1/16" tape. It was faster than the audio cassettes used for data storage on the first TRS-80s, and the company sold several thousand of these "tape wafers." However, soon after, the floppy disk became the norm. stringy floppy [′striŋ·ē ′fläp·ē] (computer science) A peripheral storage device for microcomputers that uses a removable magnetic tape cartridge with a ¹⁄₁₆-inch-wide (1.5875-millimeter) loop of magnetic tape. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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