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Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?

Subject: Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
From: cranem@edsi.plexus.COM (Mike Crane)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 20:41:21 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
References: <1gtecfINNhs7@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1992Dec18.195543.8266@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1gv6chINNnfn@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Dec19.194516.18164@utstat.toronto.edu>

philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>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?

Yes, it does, but *only* to get the ~20MB format.  They use standard HD
floppies for 1.44meg and standard DD floppies for 720K.  
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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)
- Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
  - From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)

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