Why did Sinclair resist Floppy drives for it's computers ?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 2:42 am
I am just wondering why Sinclair was so resistant to making floppy drives for the ZX81 and Spectrum computers ?
I believe this is what kept them firmly in the "toy" or "game" computer category. Certainly not seen as a "real" computer by much of the public.
I know they would have been expensive, but I would have gladly paid top dollar to have a floppy drive for my Timex Sinclair 1000.
Does anyone know ? Or was it just simply the cost ? I've seen a couple third-party floppy drives, but they were not supported very well. No random access file just program LOAD and SAVE.
Even the QL didn't have floppies. It seems to me that Clive had something against floppy drives.
Bean
I believe this is what kept them firmly in the "toy" or "game" computer category. Certainly not seen as a "real" computer by much of the public.
I know they would have been expensive, but I would have gladly paid top dollar to have a floppy drive for my Timex Sinclair 1000.
Does anyone know ? Or was it just simply the cost ? I've seen a couple third-party floppy drives, but they were not supported very well. No random access file just program LOAD and SAVE.
Even the QL didn't have floppies. It seems to me that Clive had something against floppy drives.
Bean