Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!isis!kreme From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Kreme thats all just K-r-e-m-e) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: AE 1.6 MB 3.5" drive Message-ID: <1990Nov27.072550.11561@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 27 Nov 90 07:25:50 GMT References: <215@generic.UUCP> Reply-To: kreme@isis.UUCP (Kreme thats all just K-r-e-m-e) Organization: Pseudo-Dragon Protection League Lines: 30 In article <215@generic.UUCP> taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) writes: >From rtyu@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Rafael T Yu): >> Well, 1.44 meg are the standard for the Macs and not for the GSs. The >> Apple IIgs has no standard yet, so AE will be introducing the standard of >> 1.6meg for the GS. > 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? But 1.6M > 1.44 Megs, and is conveniently twice 800K. SO the new disks hold twice the information. Makes it much easier to calculate. > 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. Since when are you reading 1.44 disks on your GS anyway? I wouldn't be suprised if this drive COULD read 1.44 disks. All it is is a matter of formatting. If the mechanism can read 800K and 1.6M disks, why couldn't it be made to read the 1.44M disks as well (assuming there was ever an FST [hahaha])? -- | kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu |Growing up leads to growing old, and then to dying, and| |---------------------|dying to me don't sound like all that much fun. | | |