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From: sverre@lars.Seri.GOV (Sverre Froyen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: SCSI floppies UPDATE
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Date: 23 Apr 91 19:10:31 GMT
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Dear All,

In response to my previous posting about interest in SCSI floppy
drives I got 14 responses expressing interest (including the maybes).
After calling a couple of places I found a price of $157 for single
quantity TEAC 1.44 MB drives.  In quantity 10 the drive was only $6 less,
so a group purchase probably does not make sense (the cost of reshipping
the drives would exceed the gain).  I have ordered one of these drives
and I will report back once I try it out.  The drive is supposed to be
able to read AND write 1.44MB and 720kB diskettes.  We shall see.

Here is the price info (from J. D. Hannam)

Model                             1        10       in stock

TEAC FD-235HS-302   (1.44MB)    157       151         yes
TEAC FD-235JS-501-U (2.88MB)    192       185          no

I have been informed that the 2.88MB model can also read AND write
the lower densities diskettes.

Sverre

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Sverre Froyen
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