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From: kodiak@amiga.UUCP (Robert R. Burns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Floptical disk drive / New Hard disk
Summary: Maybe next year
Keywords: SCSI Disk, Future Product
Message-ID: <2785@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 88 19:21:40 GMT
References: <290@sagpd1.UUCP>
Reply-To: kodiak@tooter.UUCP (Robert Burns)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
Lines: 17

In article <290@sagpd1.UUCP> monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes:
)"Floptical" disk drive. It is a 20.8 Mbyte removable media, 3 1/2 ", scsi
)...
)	I hope this one is not vapor ware, it sounds good!

They intend to demo at COMDEX, ship to beta sites at end of November, have
production quantities 1Q89.  Their beta kits will include 5 1/4" mounting
adaptor, PC/AT interface board, and MS-DOS driver software.  I mentioned
"graphics...large storage requirements" and they seemed to resonate slightly,
so there's some hope for them.  I suggest "wait and see".

- Kodiak
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