Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Floppy Drives (Improv and upgrade distribution) Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 21:24:19 GMT References: <1991Jan9.122039.10078@investor.pgh.pa.us> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu's message of 9 Jan 91 14:33:45 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client6.cs.psu.edu How long before 20MB floppy drives hit the market? Someone mentioned that the first drives will be introduced in April. It seems like a waste to buy an external 2.88MB drive now, and a 20MB floppy drive later. I think(IMHO) that 20MB drives will be purchased by many computer users(i.e. NeXT, DOS, Mac , and Amiga owners), and that prices of these drives will turn out to be quite reasonable considering the market size for them will be in the tens of millions. Since, NeXT users are definitely going to be one of the first users, it would be good to know more about them now. Otherwise, many users are just going to buy the 1.44MB or 2.88MB drives now and they won't purchase 20MB drives later. I want the least common denominator to be 20MB floppies(and they might be within a year), and I don't want to see people six months from now who feel like they got burned because they bought a 2.88MB floppy drive. A non-networked NeXT Station with a 105MB hard drive and a 20MB floppy drive should be quite pleasant. -Mike