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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Sune Windig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: replacement 800K drives
Message-ID: <2109@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 19 Oct 89 08:26:47 GMT
References: <4744@ncar.ucar.edu>
Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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In article <4744@ncar.ucar.edu> schabtac@stout.ucar.edu () writes:
>disk drives with a Mac Plus?  When I flip through Computer Shopper or Byte,
>I see dozens of 3.5" drives for PC clones, even some built by Sony, for
>prices as low as $60.  However, I almost never see ads for Mac-compatible
>drives, and when I do, they go for $200 or more.  Mind you, I'm just talking

The Mac drives have "harware eject" (via a servo) that the PC drives haven't,
and also have the ability to use variable speed on the diskette (which the
mac uses to pack more than 720k onto the - basically - 720k diskette, without
reliability loss.) These things aren't $140 more expensive in themselves,
of course, but since the mac drives are made in lower quantities (I think)
than the PC drives, this too accounts for the price difference.

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