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- From: r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk (R Voisey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Removable mass storage (Syquest,Flopticals...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.131221.21685@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 13:12:21 GMT
- References: <BxAJJs.ro@brunel.ac.uk> <5593@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1992Nov19.195618.364@logica.co.uk>
- Organization: University of the West of England, Bristol
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- In article <1992Nov19.195618.364@logica.co.uk> blacka@logica.co.uk writes:
-
- >I have heard it said that flopticals are unable to handle
- >high density disks (eg 1.4M DOS disks). Can anyone clarify
- >this? I am tossing up between Syquest and Flopticals.
- >The ability to read/write 1.4M disks from work could swing
- >the balance.
-
- They can read ANY linear disk (ie not low density Mac) WITH THE
- EXCEPTION of Archimedes disks.
-
- However, I'm not sure if anybody's filers actually cope with
- PC disks yet (they didn't last time I looked). The problem
- with reading Arch disks may or may not be resolved - it's
- in Acorn's hands (although it's not their fault - just
- Insite being awkward).
-
- I suggest you call Morley or The Serial Port and find out
- how far they've got with their respective filers.
-
- Cheers
-
- Bob
-
-
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