Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!fwi.uva.nl!gene!aroest From: aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axel Roest (N)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: high density discs. Keywords: discs Message-ID: <1991Jun5.135335.15214@fwi.uva.nl> Date: 5 Jun 91 13:53:35 GMT Article-I.D.: fwi.1991Jun5.135335.15214 References: Sender: news@fwi.uva.nl Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: gene.fwi.uva.nl yorkr@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Richard York) writes: >With the size of Arc hard discs constantly growing (100 meg is not uncommon) >it seems more sensible to start providing high density floppy drives. These are >now virtually a standard on PC's, providing 1.4Meg per disc. Also the price of >the discs themselves has dropped to less than a pound each so its not a problem I know, and I would like to have 1.4M floppies also. HOWEVER: 1.4 Mb discs are already getting oldfashioned. Better opt for the 4Mb(unform) discs or, better still, the 20Mb 'floptical' discs, which are compatible with the rest of the 3.5" discs. There is also another solution for the backup problem. Not tape drives. Tape drives are way too expensive. If you have a SCSI interface you can buy removable harddiscs for the Macintosh and connect them to your Archimedes. I bought my Syquest Drive incl 1 cartridge in America for $459. This is about HALF the price you would pay in England (If you're an Archive member). The drive works like a dream on both computers. I can now backup almost my entire Archimedes harddisc (48Mb) on 1 cartridge (42Mb) The cartridges cost $68 each, which is roughly the same as 55 good quality floppy discs. (You don't backup on labelless floppies do you? :) ) Backups take only 5 minutes or so. Because it's so convenient, you do it much oftener. For everyone with backup problems (and a little money :-) ) I think these is the best solution. Axel disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing to do with the Hard disc manufacturing industry. -- Strike a pose... There's nothing to it.