Re: MORE on flopticals and their ilk

[khym@wixer.bga.com (Dave Huang)]

In article <226ed5INNr4c@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> florpch@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Lawrence S Lee) writes:
>I'm curious: would the big 128-megger SCSI optical drives work on a GS?

Yeah, if you have a RamFAST and the latest ROMs... It would probably
work with the Apple HS SCSI too if you could find an appropriate
driver for it.

>Also, what sort of disk does a floptical use? Does it kinda look like any
>other floppy disk? From what I understand, flopticals use a laser or
>something to read/write, which results in more data being stored, right?

Looks just like a high density 3.5" floppy except it has a
Floptical(tm) logo where the HD logo is. The disk inside is also
transparent. Flopticals still read/write magnetically, they just use a
laser for accurate tracking... Floptical disks have about 1500 tracks
on 'em.

I'm not sure how the 128MB magneto-optical drives work, but they
actually read and write optically and I believe they are immune to
magnetic fields. The disks themselves are dirt cheap too... about $40
for 128 megs..
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Dave Huang
khym@wixer.bga.com