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From: dave@micropen (David F. Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Removable disk media
Summary: easy answer
Keywords: removable unix drivers dos drivers 10meg
Message-ID: <527@micropen>
Date: 1 Aug 88 14:11:04 GMT
References: <197@focsys.UUCP>
Organization: Micropen Dirent Writing Systems, Pittsford, NY
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In article <197@focsys.UUCP>, larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes:
> 
> We are looking for some form of removable cartridge read/write storage
> media that will hold at least 10Meg, preferably more. The drive should
> fit inside the computer's cabinet. The drive should have both Unix and
> MS-DOS drivers available for it. The DOS drivers must be available now
> 
> Any suggestions? Any dogs to avoid?
> Larry Williamson                      Focus Automation Systems
> UUCP: watmath!focsys!larry    608 Weber St. N, Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1K4
>                                           +1 519 746 4918

Since I just asked this question not more than two months ago and have since
found the answer, here it is:

A company called ProStor (415) 974-6462 sells SCSI and MFM ST-506 removable
harddrives for Macs and IBM-PC-type machines.  Good range of sizes.  Makes
government spook shops very happy.  The 40Meg units I am evaling are made
of Toshiba 3-1/2 drives and operates cool and quiet.

Cost is ~$800 for 40Meg.  This is ~2X of a cheapy ST-251 but still ~1/2X a
Core 40Meg, so pricing is middle of the road.  However, if you *NEED*
removable drives with perfectly industry standard interfaces, (no special
drivers of any kind required except your favorite diskpart.sys), cost isn't
the object anyway.

Note:  I don't have any affiliation with ProStor except that they make exactly
the product I needed to get a sale (just in time.)

-- 
David F. Carlson, Micropen, Inc.
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