Xref: utzoo comp.arch:6715 alt.next:204 Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!ames!lll-tis!pacbell!pbhya!whh From: whh@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.next Subject: Re: The NeXT Problem Message-ID: <20783@pbhya.PacBell.COM> Date: 20 Oct 88 04:14:26 GMT References: <26435@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5498@juniper.uucp> Organization: Pacific * Bell, Oakland, CA Lines: 22 In article , mende@athos.rutgers.edu (Bob Mende Pie) writes: > > I would think the MS-DOS format for > floppys, no flames, is a standard (a number of them) that would allow file > transfer to those who only have a IBMish machine. I can imagine a box that > hangs off your SCSI port, that has a 5.25" 1.44Meg floppy on it as well as ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Minor quibble--5.25" high density is 1.2 MB. 3.5" is 1.44 MB. > plugs to hang more floppys off of. Those boxes are already made. They're called "clones." The cost starts at $500. And since the Next machine has a couple of serial ports-- connection is already solved. --Hal ========================================================================= Hal Heydt | "Hafnium plus Holmium is Analyst, Pacific*Bell | one-point-five, I think." 415-645-7708 | --Dr. Jane Robinson {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhya!whh