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From: xdab@tank.uchicago.edu (David Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 5.25 Diskettes on Mac IIci
Summary: IIci, DaynaFile
Message-ID: <7561@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 90 02:12:33 GMT
References: <14983@cs.yale.edu>
Organization: University of Chicago
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In article <14983@cs.yale.edu> powsner.medinf@yccatsmtp.ycc.yale.edu (Seth M Powsner) writes:
>                            Starting to look at DaynaFile, but I thought 
>there were other alternatives. Most of the files will be WordPerfect 5.0 
>(or 5.1) documents. 

I have been using a DaynaFile with a 360k 5 1/4" drive and a 1.44Mb 3.5"
drive for over a year now with no problems. When I bought my IIci I
hooked it up and continue to use it (both drives). 

1) The DaynaFile is compact and fits on my desktop. I have the IIci
   CPU setting off to the side under my desk, so it is inconvient
   to reach over and use the Apple drive for 3.5" floppies.
2) I can read the files in any program, not just Apple's File Exchange
   program. One could use Dayna's init to mount DOS disks from the
   Apple drive, but 5 1/4" disks are still a problem with this solution,
   and I think I have seen some negative remarks on the net regarding
   the Dayna INIT. (Also see #1.)

I am glad I have the DaynaFile machine. I am also glad I have the IIci.
I think the work well together.

	David Baird