jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) (04/11/91)
Whoa, Nelly! Whooaaaa.... Since when did we all decide that 1.44 MB was the way to go? I don't know about you guys, but for me the floppy drive represents a COMMON format device that I can use for sucking data from the widest possible set of additional machines. For me, this means 720K format, not 1.44MB (which would rule out the Amigas and Ataris, not to mention various early PC's and god-knows-what-else). Now if the 1.44MB drives can all deal happily with 720K (or, dare I say it, even 360K) formats, then consider my mouth closed in satisfied silence. If not, then please, let's all give this a re-think and set some priorities.. As far as quantity 100 deals are concerned, it certainly seems like there should be 100+ PC532 owners in the near future... Why not try and set up such a quantity buy? You could always buy an extra drive for your dog.. Jordan
bdale@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee) (04/11/91)
> Now if the 1.44MB drives can all deal happily with 720K
All that I've seen can, and do. Null issue.
Bdalerhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) (04/11/91)
As per my post immediately prior to yours, 2.88 (and 1.44) handle 720K (and even the non-standard 360K) 3-1/2" formats. Has anyone looked at flopticals lately? They're supposed to read 1.44mb diskettes *and* store up to 25mbytes on special disks. I understand (from some other conference around here) that these things should be shipping to mere mortals sometime in Aug. Anyone know anything about this? *** Randy Hyde
ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) (04/15/91)
In article <13518@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes: > >Has anyone looked at flopticals lately? > I have...;') > >They're supposed to read 1.44mb >diskettes *and* store up to 25mbytes on special disks. I understand >(from some other conference around here) that these things should be shipping >to mere mortals sometime in Aug. Anyone know anything about this? > The only floptical that I know of is the Insite Peripherals I325VM. It holds 20.8MB of formatted data on special 3.5" disks and will read and write to standard 720K and 1.44MB floppies. They spec transfer at 1.6Mbits/sec. and a 65ms avg. seek time. It uses a SCSI interface, and is a 3.5" form factor. Arrow electronics is going to sell them, and will have them in June. The bare I325VM drive will cost $490. They also have an `Evaluation Kit' that includes drive, one disk, utility software, OEM and programmers manual and mounting hardware for $685. I dunno how much the special disks cost. I rather suspect that this thing will be a big hit in the Mac market, so the price should come down as volume ramps up. -- ken seefried iii ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu "If 'ya can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with..."