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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: 8" floppy drive probles
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Date: 18 Mar 88 23:00:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Mar 18 17:00:00 1988


There are a lot of fallacies there.  8" disks are still readily available,
and commonly used in commercial word processors.  Contrary to your remarks
about reliability, 8" disks are notoriously more reliable than their
5.25" counterparts.  They typically contain more data, and transfer
faster, than 5.25" drives of comparable density and data capacity.

It would not be feasible to replace the 8" drives on my NEC APC with
5.25" drives.  I couldn't tolerate the reduced capacity and slowdown.

My solution was to add 8" drives to my XT clone.  With those, and
Uniform, I can accomodate a lot of different 8" formats.

Incidentally, I'd love to know where I can get new 8" DSDD disk
drives for $ 50.  That's a real bargain.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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