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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AE 1.6 MB 3.5" drive
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Date: 7 Dec 90 03:46:45 GMT
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From johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz (John MacLean):

> Use of the 1.44 Meg format would mean that AE would have to provide a
> GS/OS device driver that would provide access to IBM/Mac disks with this
> format. You then have the potential to add FSTs for these formats, and
> to write simple conversion programs if Apple never produces the goods.
> These advantages far outweigh an extra 156K per disk. It may be nice to
> have a 1.6meg driver, but this needs to be a secondary consideration. 

    I agree.  No one (and I mean NO ONE) uses a 1.6-meg floppy format.  The
800K standard isn't as bad since the Mac also reads/writes 800K floppies. 
When you think high-density, you automatically think 1.44-meg floppies.  It
would be so much "cleaner" if AE just gave us a standard 1.44-meg drive.

    It looks like the 2.88-meg floppy will become the standard in a couple of
years (or less).  The NeXT already uses it, and some laptops will be using it
in the near future.

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