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From: bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Increased capacity 3.25" floppy drives
Message-ID: <5817@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Aug 88 12:51:58 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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I am about ready to pop for a 3.25" floppy drive. In the hopes that
I would not (once more) buy something just before it was upgraded,
it would be beneficial to see some information and/or informed
guesses as to when Apple will come out with a 3.25" drive with
increased capacity. At the present time the Apple holds 800K,
the IBM 1.4 meg and for the longest time there have been rumors
that a 1.6 meg Apple drive was just around the corner; just how far
is it to the corner?

As a sidelight, I just read that Toshieba is testing, in Japan,
a 4 meg 3.25" drive that uses vertical rather than horizontal
magnetization.  The article said there were no immediate plans to
market it in this country.

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				Joe Walters ihnp4!ihlpf!bird
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