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Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?

Subject: Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:45:16 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
References: <1gtecfINNhs7@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1992Dec18.195543.8266@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1gv6chINNnfn@gap.caltech.edu>

In article <1gv6chINNnfn@gap.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:

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>
>The Floptical can already exchange 1.44MB disks with Macintoshes. To me, it is
>a great interim product, and will keep me chugging until long after the MO
>devices are well established...

Doesn't the Floptical use special 3.5" floppies? That is, can you use an 
ordinary floppy with one and transfer stuff from a Mac (on a 1.44meg floppy)?
Is the floptical faster than a floppy drive?

Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu

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References:
- Re: Questions about Superdrive stuff
  - From: hinchlif@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Peter Hinchliffe)
- Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
  - From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
- Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
  - From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)

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