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From: billg@cs.tamu.edu (William Gunshannon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: 16B Info/Tips/Resources (semi-long)
Keywords: 16B, Xenix, Tandy
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Date: 13 Sep 90 16:54:52 GMT
References: <1990Sep12.073838.8635@coyote.uucp> <13154@letni.UUCP>
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In article <13154@letni.UUCP> doug@letni.UUCP (Doug Davis) writes:
>
>Just a few clarifications in an otherwise very good article.
>
>In article <1990Sep12.073838.8635@coyote.uucp> jmh@coyote.UUCP (John Hughes) writes:
>>Many of the older 16B systems (if not all) used single-sided
>>floppies.
>All 16B systems were double sided, perhaps you are refering to a 16A?
>

I have one of the first 16's to come out (before the A/B designation).
It was hand delivered by Tandy and a Government Contractor in hopes
of selling lots of them to Uncle Sam.  From the very start the 16
had thinline DS drives.  The only other drives I ever saw were the
ones on the Model 2.

bill