Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?

[toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

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 uses 720K (double density), 1.44MB (high density), and 21MB (Floptical
(R) media). The first two should be PC compatible when the MSDOS FST comes out,
and are about as fast as a normal floppy drive. The floptical media is quicker
but is not as fast as a real hard drive.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu