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

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From: Simon Burrows
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:31

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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...

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.

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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From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
Subject: Re: Removable mass storage (Syquest,Flopticals...)
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