cb@sequoia.execu.com (Christopher D. Brown) (10/04/90)
Are the ~200Mb optical/magnetic floppies of Next fame near to
becoming a commercial reality (including media) for PC's?
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> Are the ~200Mb optical/magnetic floppies of Next fame near to > becoming a commercial reality (including media) for PC's? > I doubt it. The 15th anniversary issue of BYTE magazine has a column on one of these floptical drive. And it costs about US$900 for a 20 MB drive which doesn't read normal floppy and the special 3-1/2" floppy costs about US$25 each. For this money, I would rather buy a SyQuest 44 MB 5-1/4" catridges which is hard disk speed and cost competitive up to about 300 MB with the floptical. ... As a fringe benefit, you get a SCSI controller which can be used to add SCSI hard disk and tape drive etc. (albeit a SCSI-I). Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include <standard_disclaimer.hpp>