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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: AppleFest preview
Message-ID: <30018@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 3 May 89 04:50:11 GMT
References: <1058@orbit.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1058@orbit.UUCP> shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) writes:
>awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis) writes:
>>Price:  The suggested retail price for the Apple FDHD External 
>>Drive is priced at $629. 
>
>Oh my.  I hope the price comes down quite a bit.  I guess I just didn't expect
>that, what with being used to prices under $150 for 1.44 megabyte 3.5" drives
>for the IBM PC's.  (I know, Clones and all.  But it still surprises me.)

I don't know diddly about what those IBM things do, but 'amember that the
Apple Drive's gotta be able to read and write in both MFM and MGCR formats. 
Also, they gotta read 800K and 400K disks as well.

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