t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) (01/06/90)
Someone posted some information about a new forth comming product which puts 20 meg on a 3 1/2" floppy. Could someone who knows the companies name and perhaps address (or at least its general location, Bay area I think) please email me. Thanks in advance. Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu
t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) (01/06/90)
I guess I found the answer to my own question. My neighbor gives me his old copies of EE Times and in the December 11 1989 issue on page 89 there is an article entitled "Shift to high-end floppies is slow". It's mainly talking about the 1.4 & 2.8 meg floppies but does mention a little about the 20 meggers Oh, the answer is Insite Peripherals Inc of San Jose and they also mention another company Brier Technology Inc also of San Jose. The Insite drive has an extra core in the magnetic head that lets it read & write in the 1 & 2 meg formats. The Brier unit only reads the smaller formats. The article states that the Floptical drive "employs an optical servo that's embossed onto diskettes when they are made, then read using technology borrowed from CD readers. Kodak is among those committed to producing the media. The servo makes head positioning precise enough to boost track density to 1,250 tracks/inch." The article also mentions that Toshiba is working on 16 & 32 Mbyte drives. I think I'll try and find out what these companies plans are. I'll pass on any useful information that I find. Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu