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From: ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: C.Ltd. and Syquest
Keywords: removable media
Message-ID: <1616@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 27 Apr 89 18:54:48 GMT
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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	In case anybody is interested in removable media drives (there is a
nice article in this month's INFO magazine, btw...), here is some recent
information.  C.Ltd.  carries the Konika 10-megabyte 5.25" floppy drive.
When I asked why, they said they had trouble getting them in.
 
	They have been replaced by the Syquist 44-meg removable cartridge
drive, running about $1150 with case, power supply, cables, and 1 cartridge.
(More $$ for the controller, of course.)  Cartridges cost $120.  Average
access time is 28ms. You can run FFS on them, but you have to type
"DiskChange" every time you change a cartridge.  Supposedly, they are working
on "new software" so this is not necessary.
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