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From: lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Raymond Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: "floptical" drive questions (was IIgs. Whats happening....)
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Date: 9 Apr 91 15:12:47 GMT
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In <14260@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>       You could bypass a 3.5" 800K floppy altogether and get a Brier or Insite
>25 megabyte 3.5" floptical drive... They sound awesome and I think I'm gonna get one.
>They cost like $600 I've been told.

Does anyone have more details on these? Specifically, is this a SCSI device?
What kind of disks do they accept? Is anyone out there using one on a IIgs?
Who sells them?

Thanks,

Ray
lang@rex.cs.tulane.edu