Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: William Levak <*wlevak_at_SDF.ORG*> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 18:15:34 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1901081807070.6719@sdf.lonestar.org> · wlevak_at_SDF.ORG

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:

> Again - the same story as some time ago - IBM did NOT take "off-the shelf"
   drives as you like to tell the world. They ordered custom (IBM) branded
   ones. Only the custom injection moulds cost probably more than the whole
   thing we talk about here. Off-the-shelf story of CRippled hardware was a
   result, not cause of what IBM did.

The IBM drives were identical to ones available from other sources, except 
the IBM logo. I am absolutely sure of this because I was putting together 
systems back then and I bought the same drives without the IBM logo, at 
half the price. As far as the cost of the IBM logo, it was a common 
practice for the manufacturer to put your logo on them at no extra cost, 
if you put in a big enough order.

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