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From: joe@gistdev.UUCP (Joe Brownlee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: External FDHD?
Summary: Does anyone know of plans for an external FDHD drive?
Message-ID: <475@gistdev.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 14:55:40 GMT
References: <2276@sol.oakhill.UUCP> <474@gistdev.UUCP>
Reply-To: joe@gistdev.UUCP (Joe Brownlee)
Organization: Global Information Systems Technology Inc., Savoy, IL
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I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about plans for an external FDHD
drive for the Mac.  I had a Mac Plus with an external drive, but I included the
drive in the deal when I sold the system.  I liked having two floppy drives,
and I miss the second drive, so I am consdering getting one for my IIcx.  I am
getting to like using 1.44 MB disks (other than the cost :-(), but I also have
a ton of 800K disks, too.

Getting another Apple (or thrid party) 800K drive is no good, since I want to
be able to use 1.44 MB disks as well.  Getting a drive that reads 1.44 MB disks
is no good, because the only drives like that I know of (Periperal Land has
one) don't read 400 or 800K disks.  And, since my wife uses the FDHD to read
MS-DOS diskettes, it is really desirable to have a second drive that can do
that, as well.

It seems to me like Apple would have announced an external FDHD not long after
its introduction.  Instead, here we are a year later and I haven't read a thing
about any such plans.  I know that Apple people can't talk about unreleased or
potential products, but I am wondering if anyone knows of a product like this,
or even plans for one.  Does anyone else think such a product would be useful?

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