HDTV1080P Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 The Wafer name has several different meanings and can mean any type of electronic device. Back in the 80's there were wafer tapes and wafer tape drives. No reason why a product cannot be called a Ultimate SD Wafer Drive that uses SD Wafers. http://www.colecovision.dk/sgm.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 When did people start calling them SD wafer's? I've always known them as SD card's. Is it a regional thing? Or am I living under a rock? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 When did people start calling them SD wafer's? I've always known them as SD card's. Is it a regional thing? Or am I living under a rock? I have never in my life heard an sd card called a wafer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Sorry, but I prefer PEZ. They taste better and come in kool dispensers, like this awesome KISS set. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Interesting that you have to buy an SD card to use in the wafer drive as there's no such thing as an SD wafer. Makes for a unique google search I guess... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I must live under a rock. Here is an early example of wafer drive technology. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTV1080P Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) On the Internet I came across this Wafer Drive that is a Wafer Card USB Flash Drive. A Wafer is any electronic device that conducts electricity and a Drive is anything that reads and writes data. http://www.usb-flashdrive.com/usb-flash-drives/card-usb-sticks-en/item/176-wafer-drive Edited September 20, 2017 by HDTV1080P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 A Wafer is any electronic device that conducts electricity... So - for example - resistors are wafers too? This is useful information which I must start acting on in day to day life. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodLightning Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Delicious. Now here's my idea of a proper wafer. I especially like the gold ones. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I've come across some wafers too, but why is it than the internet is mostly full of flakes? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 On the Internet I came across this Wafer Drive that is a Wafer Card USB Flash Drive. A Wafer is any electronic device that conducts electricity and a Drive is anything that reads and writes data. They're calling the device you linked to a "wafer card" because the housing of the device is thin like a wafer thin mint; said wafer is also made of plastic so would struggle somewhat as regards conducting electricity... i'm not sure why you're defending the use of the term "wafer" but ignoring all the questions about who wanted this thing in the first place...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTV1080P Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Coleco and ATARI were not the only ones that used the wafer terminology for storage products like high-speed automated tape drives. The Tandy TRS-80 computers came out with games on Stringly Floppy wafer media. The TRS-80 emulation programs for PC’s allow people to load virtual wafer images from SD cards, or other media. http://www.trs-80.org/exatron-stringy-floppy/ http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/site-updates/090629/ Quoted from dictionary.com Wafer: “Electronics. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.” “Semiconductor: a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor : a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.” Edited September 20, 2017 by HDTV1080P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umberto Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Coleco and ATARI were not the only ones that used the wafer terminology for storage products like high-speed automated tape drives. The Tandy TRS-80 computers came out with games on Stringly Floppy wafer media. The TRS-80 emulation programs for PC’s allow people to load virtual wafer images from SD cards, or other media. http://www.trs-80.org/exatron-stringy-floppy/ http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/site-updates/090629/ Quoted from dictionary.com Wafer: “Electronics. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.” “Semiconductor: a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor : a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.” Give it a rest wafer man 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Really, lock this dumb thread already. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Maybe he needs just one more Wafer Thin Mint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Strangest thread I've seen in a while. Posted from my WaferPhone. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Well. Now I know what a poofter is.. Gonna fart better and sleep easier! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) Really, lock this dumb thread already.Yes. It's getting out of hand and makes no sense. --- I scrolled really really fast on post #79 and had to double back to determine what it really was. I swear it looked like something thing else! Edited October 2, 2017 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yeah, it looked like an SD card reader. How wrong were we.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 That's not what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yeah, I know. Just bringing it back on topic. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Interesting to see that the OP is confusing/annoying the 5200 community with his same "wafer drive" crap as he is in the ColecoVision community: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/269366-colecovisionadam-ultimate-sd-wafer-drive-up-to-32gb-of-storage-space/ tl:dr - He's sort of a scam and would appear he's just trying to unload a bunch of SD carts he bought from Steve Tucker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Interesting to see that the OP is confusing/annoying the 5200 community with his same "wafer drive" crap as he is in the ColecoVision community: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/269366-colecovisionadam-ultimate-sd-wafer-drive-up-to-32gb-of-storage-space/ tl:dr - He's sort of a scam and would appear he's just trying to unload a bunch of SD carts he bought from Steve Tucker. Wow - what an utter twat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Scottie Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Haven't checked this thread in a while... so has anyone programmed a 2TB 5200 game yet? I've got a wafer ready and waiting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Haven't checked this thread in a while... so has anyone programmed a 2TB 5200 game yet? No, we were all too busy eating wafers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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