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From: jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson)
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Subject: Re: SyQuest via Mail Order
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Date: 3 Oct 90 17:38:47 GMT
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jeh@sisd.kodak.com (Ed Hanway) writes:

>	Does the Bernoulli Box II for the PC use the same hardware as the
>	SyQuest and, if so, is it possible to use MSH or CrossDos to read
>	an MS-DOS formatted cartridge on an Amiga?

I think all the Bernoulli Boxes have their own cartidge format and style
that is different from the SyQuest standard (I say standard because there
are different manufacturers [PLI, Peripheral Land Inc., CMS and others]
that make cartridges that work in SyQuest drives (as well as their own
SyQuest-compatible drives of course).

I'll see if I can get together a list of manufacturers that make SyQuest
cartridges, but from what I've heard from mail-order people, the SyQuest
brand is the cheapest cartridge that works with the SyQuest-type drives.

Also, there was a guy who was kind enough to mail me about different
densities in SyQuest cartridges.  I lost his address, but if he could
either remail or post his info on lower and higher (if they exist)
density cartridges for SyQuest-type drives, I'd be grateful [Are there
really any higher density cartridges that we can use in our existing
SyQuest drives that we usually use to read the 44MB cartridges?].

>Thanks,
>Ed Hanway
>uunet!sisd!jeh

Sure, Ed.
--
Jeff
jeffo@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu