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Re: Test!



In article <6gdnek$36j$1@elna.ethz.ch>,
Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat <GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH> wrote:
>"The [beeeep] lets you stash 21 megabytes of data on a single disk, providing
>an economical way to meet the storage demands of modern computing [LOL!]. For
>instance, you can back up a 40-megabyte hard drive on two [disks] in just ten
>minutes." [note: minutes, not seconds]

   Floptical. Yet another removable media drive that a lot of folks
have reported problems with... [Where's all the class-action suits
over the Syquest 44, the floptical, etc? Some of those were even more
prone to flaking out than Zip drives in my experience, but as fewer
people bought them, less lawyer fodder, I suppose]

Nathan Mates
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