Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!att!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!whitewolf From: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: "floptical" drive questions (was IIgs. Whats happening....) Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 04:34:58 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 X-Unparsable-Date: Fri Apr 12 91 at 20:38:53 (EDT) |> 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? The Insite drive hold only around 20MB, and is/was suppose to cost about $250 or so. I think Brier took over teh 20MB drive, I don't know full story, I use to keep on both type of drive. Anyways, you could skip the floptical drive and for the Syquest 44MB removable drives. The SyQuest was developed by Brier, BTW. whitewolf@gnh-starport!info-apple