Re: Removable mass storage (Syquest,Flopticals...)

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From: dcw-a
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:54

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In article <1992Nov19.195618.364@logica.co.uk> blacka@logica.co.uk writes:
>In article <5593@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David) writes:
>
>> The nice thing about flopticals is that they handle all the useful 3.5"
>> magnetic floppies too. 
>
>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.
>
>NB I have RISCOS3.1 on a 420 (in case that is relevant)
>
>Andrew Black

	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...


	Doug.

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From: dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk
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Subject: Re: Removable mass storage (Syquest,Flopticals...)
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