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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac IIx: Why all the fuss?
Keywords: IIx, Mac II
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Date: 1 Oct 88 08:53:31 GMT
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>seems like a very minor upgrade?  So it has the 1.4-meg drive.  IBM had that
>a year and a half ago with the PS/2, and they have a reputation for using
>only time-tested technology, whereas Apple is viewed as the technology
>leader in microcomputers.  Maybe leader in user-interface, but it seems like
   
  Ah, but the Apple drive can read Apple and IBM 1.44s and RELIABLY read
800s and 400s. Try reading a 360k disk in a 1.2meg floppy on an IBM
possible, but not reccomended. 760s in a 1.44 aren't much better.

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