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From: ehr@uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: 'Antique' machine info sought...
Summary: V9000 drives
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Date: 10 Sep 90 21:35:46 GMT
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[question about Victor 9000 deleted]

Victor 9000s have variable density drives which are not compatible
with standard drives.  In an effort to gain storage capacity, the
drive changes amount of information per track, depending on which
track is being used.  The outer tracks with the larger circumference
store more data than the smaller inner ones.

It was another one of those neat ideas that was ahead of its time.
I believe these drives preceded the common availability of high 
density floppy drives and hard drives being fairly standard on
most higher-end PCs.

My father has a Victor 9000 and has long been looking for a version
of MS Word for it.  Was it ever available?

Due to turnover, even the store that sold him the machine years ago
now claims never to have heard of it.

When it first came out, the V9000 had fairly good graphics capa-
bilities for its time.  However, due to its non-standard features,
the V9000 only reached a limited market, and Victor got into 
financial problems.  I believe the company has come back -- but is
now selling only standard (compatible) PC equipment.

-- Ernest

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