Re: Info on flopticals?

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From: Maynard J. Handley
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 02:57

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Am I the only one who wonders quite what niche flopticals are supposed to
fit. The most recent prices I've seen have the drive costing about as much
as a Syquest or Bernoulli drive, while each disk also cost about as much
per MB as a Syquest or Bernoulli cartridge. The 88MB Syquest or 90MB
Bernoulli systems are much larger- always more convenient than 4 or 5 20MB
disks- and are hard drive speed rather than floppy speed which I imagine
flopticals run at.

I remain mystified as to why anyone would want to buy these things.

Maynard Handley

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