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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: 1.52MB drive
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In article <1991Apr24.012904.7282@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>
>There is a 2.88MB drive for the IBM PC as well, probably the same drive?
>
>matt.

The 2.88MB format (IBM at least) is for HD 3.5 inch floppies.  So now IBM's
will have five different floppy formats to worry about:
          5.25 SD
          5.25 HD
          3.5 DD 
          3.5 1.44MB HD
          3.5 2.88MB HD

Mac's 2.88MB equivalent will be coming out soon (this is the rumor).  
Commodore's just coming out with their 1.44 meg equiv. (1.72MB), so they're
just a little behind, but they've never been miracle makers with floppy drives.

                                   Wayne Rigby
                                   Computer and Systems Engineer (in training)
                                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                   metahawk@rpi.edu