Re: a question of storage

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

In article <2B3D4D2D.7137@ics.uci.edu> jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw) writes:
>I am leaning towards the floptical drives because of the ability to
>read Mac and IBM (with the new FST with 6.01) 1.44 High density 3.5s,
>and from the ads from the current MacUsers, the flopticals can be had
>for around $359, which is less than the cheapest Syquests (around $399.)
>The price differnce isn't really an issue, since it's only around $50.
>But the storage is only 21 megs (probably less, since formatting takes
>up some space, I don't know how much), as compared to the 45 meg
>syquests (which is around 41-43 of usable space.)  Since I do plan on
>using the removable as a backup device, as well as a primary storage
>on the GS, the size of the media is an issue.

Well, I agree with a lot of this (I also want a floptical), but what I
have seen of the floptical drive, the 20MB cartridges are actually a
little cheaper per Meg than the Syquest cartridges.  The flopticals are
also physically smaller (the size of a 3.5" disk) so they will fit
nicely in my disk holders.

>I have the Rev. C Apple SCSI card (the really slow, non DMA variety),
>and the RamFAST SCSI card rev. B board, with ROM 3.00(something), I
>will probably need to upgrade the roms again to work with the
>flopticals.

Hmm, there was a file posted just recently to c.b.a2 to use the Apple
SCSI card with the floptical drives.  And upgrading the RF ROMs isn't
that much of a pain.
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