Re: Ramfast Card (rom versions)

[k_bouchard@csc32.enet.dec.com (My name is...)]

In article <2dhmef$91p@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, toddpw@ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes...
>fmlin@netcom.com (Fist of Fury) writes:
> 
>>3.0.1c fixes some problem with floticals
> 
>Yeah, like with 3.01b you'd insert a 1440K disk and it would never be
>reported to GS/OS, so you effectively couldn't use the floptical...
> 
>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu



Here's a dumb question: If these "FLOPTICAL" thingamajigs only hold 1440K when
a regular 5 1/2 floppy holds 800k,why would I invest in one? (I thought they
held a lot more. Aren't they built with laser technology?) Does it have to do
with "multi-media"?
Forgive these dumb questions,huh?

Ken