Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:4838 comp.sys.att:8818 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!cfctech!rphroy!tkacik From: tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: No more 3B1 power supplies at Halted Specialties Message-ID: <21882@rphroy.UUCP> Date: 16 Feb 90 13:39:25 GMT References: <26789@cup.portal.com> <363@usna.MIL> <26893@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) Followup-To: unix-pc.general Organization: GM Research Labs, Warren, MI Lines: 27 >trw@usna.MIL (tsmith ) in <363@usna.MIL> writes: >"I'm a virtual newcomer to this machine (having just acquired 2) but what >"precisely is the difference?? I thought the 3b1 and the 7300 were the >"same machine. In article <26893@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: >Other differences: > 2) different model of TEAC floppy drive (3B1 has spring-eject, and > seems quieter) I bought a 7300 at the Vartech fire sale last year, and it's floppy also has a spring eject. Perhaps this was not a difference between them as much as a design change. The floppy disk is in a rather awkward position, and the spring eject is a very welcome feature. I wish my older 7300 also had it. -- Tom Tkacik GM Research Labs, Warren MI 48090 uunet!edsews!rphroy!megatron!tkacik Work Ph: (313)986-1442 "Csh must go. This is non-negotiable!"