Infinite Loop: The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Story

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[size=240]Infinite Loop: The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Story[/size]

[size=140]They would, Clive Sinclair claimed on 23 April 1982, revolutionise home computer storage. Significantly cheaper than the established 5.25-inch and emerging 3.5-inch floppy drives of the time - though not as capacious or as fast to serve up files - 'Uncle' Clive's new toy would "change the face of personal computing", Sinclair Research's advertising puffed.

Yet this "remarkable breakthrough at a remarkable price" would take more than 18 months more to come to market. In the meantime, it would become a byword for delays and disappointment - and this in an era when almost every promised product arrived late.

Sinclair's revolutionary product was the ZX Microdrive.

Full story at The Register
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[zapiy]

Cheers fella, interesting article indeed. Its a great idea but sadly to little too late but still looks cool though.

[guest5201]

Really great read and I managed to snaffle a copy of the 'Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly' book mentioned in the article from Ebay for only a few quid... 

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[dougtitchmarsh]

I remember wanting a microdrive so badly back in the day, and slowly forgetting about it until I just didn't care. It looked like a great idea but seems I didn't really miss much anyway.