Editing Exatron Stringy Floppy (section)

== History ==

The company introduced an [[S-100 bus|S-100]] stringy floppy drive at the 1978 [[West Coast Computer Faire]], and a version for the [[RadioShack|Radio Shack]] [[TRS-80]] in 1979. Exatron sold about 4,000 TRS-80 drives by August 1981 for $249.50 each, stating that it was "our best seller by far". The tape cartridge is about the size of a business card, but about {{convert|3/16|in|mm|1}} thick.<ref name="barry19810831">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rD0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 | title=Stringy Floppy from Exatron | work=[[InfoWorld]] | date=1981-08-31 | accessdate=15 February 2015 | author=Barry, John | pages=47–48}}</ref> The magnetic tape inside the cartridge is {{convert|1/16|in|mm|1}} wide.