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Well, it would be less useful in a roll. This way you keep the laptop form factor. It's probably the best approach.
by beardyw 2y ago
Well, it would be less useful in a roll. This way you keep the laptop form factor. It's probably the best approach.
- ggm 2y agoOlder thinkpads had ugly bulges for extra life batteries which doubled as "it's better for your typing at this angle" lift. You could (for instance) get quite a lot of less dramatically tight rolling in that. Or concertina it. Sinclair's "tape drive expansion" in the z80 days was reel-less free tape inside the insanely tiny cartridge. It just smooged the tape up in a giant concertina inside.
- actionfromafar 2y agohttps://hackaday.com/2020/09/18/the-zx-microdrive-budget-data-storage-1980s-style/ https://hackaday.com/2020/09/18/the-zx-microdrive-budget-dat... - on a single spool ackshully.
- ggm 2y agoThere you go. I wuz wrong and you iz right.