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From: hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Removable "HD"s -- are they worth it?
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Date: 31 Jul 89 16:01:05 GMT
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While we are on the subject of removable media...

Several years ago a start-up called Brier Technology announced that
they were developing a new drive technology that utilized a
3 1/2" 20 megabyte floppy. The media used the same hard plastic
shell as a "regular" floppy, but the enclosed media was different.
If I recall it incorporated pre-written servo tracks.

Since then Brier's name pops up every once in awhile but it has been
some time since I've heard about them. Are they still in business?
Did they ever bring their drive to market? Did any of the Mac OEM's
incorporate it in a product?

It seems to me that one of the attractive aspects to this drive was
the potential for low-cost media relative to the SyQuest and Bernoulli
cartridges.

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