Re: Magneto Optical drives

[cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)]

In article <9403282140.AA00843@gandalf>,
Stefan Brunzen <brunzen@statistik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
>In article <CnDq55.Lso@Dunx1.OCS.Drexel.Edu>, x93dxq5b@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu 
>(Stephen Zatuchni) writes:
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>> In article <1994Mar28.103355.25174@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> cdeschu@nyx10.
>> cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu) writes: 
>> >Hello, 
>> >	
>A friend of mine is seriously considering purchasing one of 
>> >those 128mb MO drives. We've beenlooking through some magazines 
>> >looking for good deals and some information. There seem to be 
>> >three major ones made by Fujitsu, Toshiba, and Sony. 
>> >	Has anyone used more than one of these, and if so, 
>> >what do you think is the best one, based on speed, price 
>> >compatibility, etc. I don't remember which one, but one of them 
>> >was more expensive, and faster than the others. Is the incresed 
>> >speed worth the increased price? Do they all follow the same 
>> >ANSI standard (volumes would be interchangable?) Are there any 
>> >brands we may be overlooking? Can anyone recommend a good place 
>> >to buy one cheaply? We've been looking in computer shopper. 
>> >	If someone would recommend a different type of media, 
>> >I'll listen to that, too, but these seem pretty nice. 
>> > 
>> >Thank you in advance, 
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>> 
>> Wait. 
>> 
>> The word is a couple of companies, such as La Cie, are about to 
>> introduce new MO drives. 
>>  
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>
>Fujitsu just released a brand new 3.5" mo drive with 1" height and a 
>formatted capacity of 230 MB. This new model is also faster and should be 
>available within the next two to four weeks.
>
>Stefan
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	The question is, is this totally new format, or is it
just a double sided mechanism, that is backwards compatible with
the current 128mb media standard? In other words, will it still
read and write the current 128mb disks? We don't want to go buying
some new drive if we have to abandon the current standard.
Thanks.
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