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From: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan)
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Subject: Re: Merits of DOS vs NeXT SCSI HD Formats ?
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Date: 8 Mar 91 10:45:41 GMT
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In article <1991Mar8.083953.11933@agate.berkeley.edu> spenton@ssl.berkeley.edu (Steve Penton) writes:
>When faced with the same question for 1.44 floppies, I always
>choose the DOS because of compatability with the Sparcstations
>and such of the world.  So, realizing that if you format it DOS
>and something happens to your NeXT you could always read off those
>important files wouldn`t you use the DOS option?

I spoke with someone yesterday at Insignia Solutions, and was told that
SoftPC ships on 1.44meg DOS-format floppies. The reason, he said, was so
that folks like me, who don't have a NeXT floppy, can use my IBM
compatible to load the software onto my Cube (via ftp/nfs/whatever).

He also said that Lotus will be shipping Improv on DOS-floppies, but
I cannot verify that. It makes sense to me.


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MikeC
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Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland
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