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From: ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Floptical drives
Message-ID: <3860@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 90 04:28:22 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
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In reference to the message posted to comp.sys.mac about Floptical drives
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The prospect of purchasing a 20+ meg SCSI Floptical drive thats mechanism is
the same size as a regular 3.5" drive intrigues me. I have a few questions:

Do the disks look very similar to the standard 3.5" ??
What would you imagine the cost would be??
Has anyone heard more info about the drive systems??
Reliability, availability, etc?

Please respond with any info or even rumors that you have heard...

Thanks!

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| Piper    | ar4@mace.cc.purdue.edu |      General Consultant       |
| Keairnes |  Macintosh Specialist  | Purdue Univ. Computing Center |
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