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From: ppham@gmuvax2.gmu.edu ( )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 20 Meg Floppies
Message-ID: <1991May4.232000.15816@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 23:20:00 GMT
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glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) writes
>For software distribution, the cheaper the media, the better.  To
>distribute a 200k application on a 256Mb optical disk was ridiculous.
>To put it on a 20Mb disk isn't as ridiculous, but it will fit
>nicely on a 1.44Kb floppy.  

If you've noticed most of the applications shipping for the NeXT come on 
Multiple floppies. This is because often they ship extended demos, data 
files, examples, help-documentation, pictures, & other goodies along with 
the pakage. When you are playing w/ sounds/postscript/gifs/matematica etc. 
you could always use the extra disk-space. 
 
Anyway there is no problem. The 20Meg drives read 1.44 disks fine. It cost us
$50 (initially) for 256Megs, How expensive can 20Meg disks cost ?  

NeXT get us those drives !!!!!