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- From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
- Subject: a question of storage
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- Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
- Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 06:29:01 GMT
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- Hi, I am currently considering adding a removable mass-storage device
- to the my GS, and I am debating between the Syquest-45 removable
- HD vs. the new 21 meg floptical HDs. And I like to hear from those
- of who who has experience with either or both devices.
-
- I am leaning towards the floptical drives because of the ability to
- read Mac and IBM (with the new FST with 6.01) 1.44 High density 3.5s,
- and from the ads from the current MacUsers, the flopticals can be had
- for around $359, which is less than the cheapest Syquests (around $399.)
- The price differnce isn't really an issue, since it's only around $50.
- But the storage is only 21 megs (probably less, since formatting takes
- up some space, I don't know how much), as compared to the 45 meg
- syquests (which is around 41-43 of usable space.) Since I do plan on
- using the removable as a backup device, as well as a primary storage
- on the GS, the size of the media is an issue.
-
- I have the Rev. C Apple SCSI card (the really slow, non DMA variety),
- and the RamFAST SCSI card rev. B board, with ROM 3.00(something), I
- will probably need to upgrade the roms again to work with the
- flopticals.
-
- Any comments? Thanks in advance. (Todd probably have a ton to say,
- which I am sure he is getting tired of saying everytime someone
- is considering the floptical drives :-) Shouldn't/isn't this stuff
- in the faq?)
-
- Jimmy
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- Jimmy Shaw RamFAST, ZipGSX and 6.0... Apple II Forever!
- jimmys@ics.uci.edu
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