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Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?

Subject: Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Date: 19 Dec 1992 13:00:01 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
References: <33897@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1gtecfINNhs7@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1992Dec18.195543.8266@zip.eecs.umich.edu>

grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:

>I have my own question about this: Can one of those Floptical drives (720K,
>1.44MB, 21MB) drives connected to a SCSI card work with the MS-DOS FST?

In theory, yes. Everyone offering stuff currently expects it to work when the
FST is released, and if there are problems then they will almost definitely be
considered bugs and fixed pronto.

>If it could, that would be great... Read all IBM, Mac, and of course my
>Apple II disks as well as 21MB removable "cartridges".  This sounds, to
>me, like a much better cost:performance ratio than a SuperDrive and card.

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...

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu

Follow-Ups:
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  - From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)

References:
- Questions about Superdrive stuff
  - From: klo@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU (Worried)
- 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)

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