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From: rtyu@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Rafael T Yu)
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Subject: Re: AE 1.6 MB 3.5" drive
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Date: 26 Nov 90 04:34:23 GMT
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>    1.44-meg floppies are also the standard for the rest of the world as well
>(i.e.: messy-DOS computers).  Wouldn't it be cheaper for AE to use existing
>high-density drive mechanisms instead of building their own?
>
>    Also, a 1.6-meg floppy would be unreadable on a 1.44-meg drive, and unless
>the AE drive also supports 1.44, it will not be able to read other
>high-density disks.  Even with the right FST, you would not be able to read
>other 3.5" floppies.  Stick with the standard, and you won't get any hassles
>down the road.
>
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   Well, the AE drive does support 1.44 disk, if I recall the same drive is
sold for the Mac as a 800K or 1.44meg using the same mecanish.  Indead, the
drive sold by AE for the Mac and Apple are identical.  The only difference is
on the softwares (drivers) needed for each computer.

   Having 1.6meg of storage capacity on a single HD disk on a GS is more
convenient than 1.44meg.  And as I said before 1.44meg are standard on the 
Mac and IBM world but not on the GS.  Now, how exactly AE came up with 1.6-meg
format, I don't know, but I really like what they did.

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