Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!sot-ecs!rdw89 From: rdw89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Williams RD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Removable hard drives Message-ID: <6996@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: 1 Mar 91 08:52:27 GMT Sender: news@ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 8 I'm thinking of getting a removable, cartridge-style, hard-disc drive for my macintosh and would be grateful of any comments on the reliability, speed and ease of use of these items. There are several companies advertising 40-45MB discs; are they all based on the same mechanism? Suppose I wanted to copy between cartridges; can I do this by swapping them in floppy fashion? Thanks, Richard.