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Re: Should I get two floppy drives?

Subject: Re: Should I get two floppy drives?
From: a2fan@hotmail.com
Date: 20 Feb 2007 11:38:17 -0800
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Yes, definately. Buying a second drive is cheap and easy so I wouldn't
hesitate. Makes backing up disks faster and easier, and some programs
(games) use the second drive if you have it. You'll also have a spare
in case the first drive fails.

On Feb 20, 11:31 am, MarkW <mark...@removenospamcomcast.net> wrote:

> I am in the market for a Apple IIe now and notice many of them have
> two of the Disk II drives.  Should I get two drives or just one?  I
> havne't worked with Apple computers for years. I won't do a lot of
> work with it but is the situation with a Apple II that you put the
> floppy in one drive with the OS and in the other drive put whatever
> program you are using?  I remember doing this in the old IBM PC days.

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- Should I get two floppy drives?
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