Re: Floptical drives

[BADDORF@BADORF.FNAL.GOV (Deb)]

>> The review in Mac-User (?) commented that the Floptical had some
>> problems reading lower density (1.4M, 800K, 400K) that had not
>> been originally formatted on the Floptical.
>
>    Which brand/mechanism is this?  The InSite floptical doesn't read
>800K or 400K disks.
>   Brian Tao

Now that I want to read it again, I can't for the life of me find that
article.   I suspect it said only the 1.4M density, since the PLI
floptical that I just got doesn't read 800K or 400K disks either.
PLI's service department confirms that it's not supposed to.
(I was laboring under the misapprehension that it would.)  Mine has
had no problems with 1.4M disks formatted elsewhere; I've only had
it for 5 days so far though.     Caveat:   I'm running a MAC (LC); don't
know how different the GS version might be.
  Repeat:  I've seen no problems, and I like having a second HD drive.

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