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From: caroma@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Carl R. Manning)
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Subject: Anyone tried DS OD drives in NeXTs? (was Re: Obtaining ODs through BL)
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Date: 23 Dec 90 21:14:19 GMT
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In article <GESSEL.90Dec21113515@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu> gessel@ilium.cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Mark Gessel) writes:
>[Stuff about using double sided OD's in single sided drives]
>
>NeXT seems to be the only one using single sided OD's. 
>
>Canon sells double sided to a larger market, so the double sided ones
>are cheaper. A single sided drive and a double sided OD is better than
>a single sided drive and a single sided OD. Single sided drives might
>be on their way out, but those of us who have them can still use them
>with double sided disks (an get just as much total storage).

So... with `everyone' finding it cheapter to get their hard disks from
third parties, has anyone looked into whether it is possible,
practical, and/or affordable to get a double sided OD drive from a
third party and put it into an OD-less cube or attach it externally to
a slab?

Just a thought.

Cheers,

caroma@ai.mit.edu