high density 3.5" disks

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From: miken
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1987 20:08

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ssfln (small snack for line eater)

Today, whilst perusing books at my favourite computer bookstore
(Computer Book and Supply Centre Ltd. 1263 Bay Street, Toronto)
I saw with my very own eyes the mythical HD 3.5" disks, at only $99.95
for a box of 10, and the salesman kindly informed me that they were for
PS/2 (MOM! he said THAT word!), and require special hardware.
Gosh Batsman, the thought of 2Mbytes on a 3.5 makes me drool, so my question
is...

Does anybody out there in netland know anything about these little wonders,
aforementioned hardware, and most importantly, how I can make my ST
use these disks? is this a forlorn hope? am I doomed to insufficient
storage for the rest of time ? (please don't suggest I get a hard disk.
i am supposed to being doing real work right now, so I don't have time for
an extended flame on bizarre interfaces, outrageous costs, and laughable
reliabilty. until write-and-read-as-many-times-as-you-bloody-well-want
optical disks come along (and they will! RSN), I'd prefer to stay as far
away as I can from those aggravation-crates)

Mike Nemeth                          #include <disclaimer.h>
uucp: ...utzoo!hcr!miken             "You are what you know." James Burke

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Subject: high density 3.5" disks
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