Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 3.5" HD Diskettes Message-ID: <3832@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 1 Sep 88 13:15:27 GMT References: <356@mrsvr.UUCP> <5930013@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <6914@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 15 Following up this discussion: My AT has a high-density disk drive that writes 1.2 megabytes to a floppy disk. High density floppy disks cost me 90 cents apiece the last time I bought a hundred of them. So why is everybody so enthusiastic about these 3.5-inch drives that let you write 1.44 megabytes (0.24 megs more than my AT's high-density drive) for a small fortune per disk and without preserving the ability to exchange data with the standard PC? Is the ability to put a 3.5-inch disk in your shirt pocket so vital? Did IBM pull the wool over people's eyes by convincing them this was a remarkable innovation? How much more are you paying for that 0.24 megs? How many years can an Immense Big Mountain exist before it is washed in the sea? -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi