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From: cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 88MB SyQuest (Was Re: 1.52MB drive)
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.012904.7282@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 24 Apr 91 01:29:04 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.154645.10484@mack.uit.no> <177031@netw23.uucp> <6msga2-@rpi.edu>
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In article <6msga2-@rpi.edu> metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) writes:
>In article <177031@netw23.uucp> val@netw23.uucp (Oberon Kenobi) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr10.154645.10484@mack.uit.no>, terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Pedersen) writes:
>>> Doesn't anyone know anything about the new 1.52 MB disc drive to Amiga ? I
>>> thought that such a drive would be the first thing any Amiga owner would want
>>> to buy, even before a hard disc. Even with a hard disc you are bound to have
>>> a bunch of disks. (unless you have a 1.2 GB drive...and who does.?)
>>>
>>> TP
>>
>>     There is a 2.88MB SCSI disk drive available as a NeXT peripheral.  Since
>>it's SCSI, it can be used on an Amiga.  Unfortunately, it's price is about
>>$500, so I'd rather get a Syquest 44MB drive.
>>
>>-- 
>>================================================================================
>>| "vi?  Because I don't have a real editor." -- U*x user | val@csulx.weber.edu |
>>================================================================================
>
>You might also want to look at the 88MB SyQuest dirve.  The cartridges are
>exactly the same size and construction.  The drive itself is the same size
>also, but now 88 MegaBytes can be shoved on the cartridges.  Anyone have
>any prices or know if the cartridges are exactly the same or a more 
>expensive higher density format?
>
>                                   Wayne Rigby
>                                   Computer and Systems Engineer (in training)
>                                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>                                   metahawk@rpi.edu

There is a 2.88MB drive for the IBM PC as well, probably the same drive?

matt.