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- From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
- Subject: Re: Removable mass storage (Syquest,Flopticals...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.193123.5780@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Keywords: Archimedes World
- Organization: Nottingham University
- References: <5593@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1992Nov19.195618.364@logica.co.uk> <722260463.8150@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:31:23 GMT
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- In article <722260463.8150@minster.york.ac.uk> dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
- >Well, according to _Archimedes World_ none of the floptical drives available
- >for the arc at this time can cope with normal magnetic media. Bit of a bummer
- >really. Although I must admit the source of this information isn't exactly
- >famous for accuracy...
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- I'd recommend that you take the Syquest option at the current time. Each
- cartridge holds at least twice as much as a Floptical, and they work at
- hard disc speed, rather than flopticals which work at roughly the same speed
- as floppy discs. Syquest cartridges are also very robust.
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- BTW, I don't think that Arc World are any worse than the other magazines.
- I must say that I was impressed with the efficiency of BBC Acorn User this
- month - converting the VIDC20 announcement into news print so quickly..!
- I wonder why none of the other big magazines achieved this?
-
- Simon
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