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From: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Upgrading the Floppy Drive in a UNIX-PC
Message-ID: <3787@islenet.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 88 05:12:58 GMT
References: <696@mstar.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Organization: Islenet Inc.,  Honolulu
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Keywords: floppy 3b1 7300 Unix-PC

In article <696@mstar.UUCP> karl@mstar.UUCP (Karl Fox) writes:
> Since reading the uncomplimentary review of the 23Mb cartridge tape
> drive available for the UNIX-PC, I have been trying to find a way to
> make backups easier.  Does anybody know if the floppy disk controller
> hardware (or software) can support floppy drives that can hold more
> than the vanilla 360Kb (more or less) drive that my 3B1 came with?

Some time back I saw some tape drives advertised for the ibm-pc
that were supposed to plug into its floppy controller -- I think
prices were less than $500.

This seems like the best solution if it works, even if it's slow.
Does anyone have any experiences or additional information to
add about them?

Thanks.


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Richard Foulk		...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard
Honolulu, Hawaii