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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.52MB drive
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Date: 28 Apr 91 10:32:41 GMT
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In article <1167@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>
>Huh, sorry to disagree. I still use the 8250 (not the CIA, the floppy drive)
>of my CBM 8296-D, which stores 1 MB on a DD diskette much more reliably
>than current HD PC drives. I call this a miracle and am still wondering
>why this superior technology couldn't make it up today.
>
>-- 
>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk

Wow!  OK, so when can we expect a 3.5 inch super HD floppy drive that stores
approximately 10 Megs?  They don't make SHD floppies?  That's no excuse. :)

You know, I have this LED calculator built by Commodore during its early days;
it still works.

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