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From: cdh@bbn.com (Carl D. Howe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Dayna 3.5 inch floppy drives vs PLI turbo-floppy
Keywords: 3.5 inch floppies, MS-DOS, external drives, Mac II
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Date: 8 May 89 17:44:29 GMT
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Hi,

I'm looking for a 3.5 in floppy drive I can connect to my Mac II via
the SCSI port and use to read MS-DOS 3.5-in floppies from my wife's
Toshiba T1000 laptop.  Has anyone had any experience with either the
Dayna or PLI products that claim to do this?  The latest Macweek claims
that Apple is licensing Dayna's software to make MS-DOS files appear
on the desktop for use with their own superfloppy drive, but since I
have a Mac II, rather than a IIx or IIcx, I can't get an external
superfloppy (also noted in Macweek) because I don't have the right
ROMs for it.  Given the choice of bringing my Mac II into the dealer,
and buying an external drive, it seems like the external drive is
the way to go.  However, I'd be interested to hear if anyone has had
trouble with that type of approach.

Finally, my usual sources (MacConnection and MacWarehouse) don't seem
to have the PLI drive, and they don't advertise Dayna products, so I
doubt they have those either.  Anyone know of a good place to buy
said drives?

Thanks for the info,
Carl