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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
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Subject: Re: M100 3.5" drive
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Date: Sun, 1-Dec-85 12:02:04 EST
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> Has anyone tried the Radio Shack "Tandy 300/Model 100 Portable Disk Drive?"
> It is a 3.5" micro floppy drive that runs off of batteries or AC off of
> the M100/T200 serial port (19.2Kbaud) and has a 100K capacity.  Cost is $200.
> 
> Todd Ogasawara, Computer Sciences Corp.

   A colleague (who read up on it) told me that it appears to treat the
diskette as a cassette tape drive.  He's concerned that it may not have
the random access capability to replace files, i.e., the user may have to
keep track of the order of files.  (He'll probably still buy one.)
  Does anyone know for sure?
--henry schaffer