| Byte Drive 500 |
| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | ITL Kathmill Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | |
| Genre | Hardware: Disk |
| Max. Players | 0 |
| Original Price | £305.50 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 249.95 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
Authors/Contributors
| Paul Simpson (UK) | at Tyrell Computers | - ? | |
| Peter Halford (UK) | at Tyrell Computers | - ? |
Remarks
| They planned a double sided version of this unit, anyone know if it ever appeared ? |
Summary
| Mass storage system with interface and drive units. 440K storage via 3" single sided, double density drive. 220K in 11 sectors per side. Access time of arouns 3ms. Interface built into cable includes ULA, 16K ROM and controller chip. |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #28-1984/Feb | page 156 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #31-1984/May | page 158 | - Review | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #41-1983/Dec/21 | page 34 | - Review |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #28-1984/Feb | page 156 | - Feature - Byte Drive 500 3" unit (ITL/Tyrell) | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #31-1984/May | page 158 | - News/Note - Byte Drive 500 3" unit (ITL/Tyrell) | |
| Computer Answers | issue #15-1984/Apr | page 12 | - Feature - Deciding Disk Drives | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #57-1984/Apr/14 | page 3 | - News/Note - Byte Drive 500 with CP/M (ITL) | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #106-1985/Apr/6 | page 7 | - Letters - Byte Drive 500 3" unit (ITL/Tyrell) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #16-1984/Apr/19 special "week#3" | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| Sinclair User | issue #23-1984/Feb | page 19 | - News/Note - New models: Viscount; Byte Drive 500 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #12-1984/Apr | page 122 | - News/Note - Byte Drive 500 3" unit (ITL/Tyrell) |
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