Re: 650mb capacity magneto-optical drives here yet?

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From: Andrew Pann
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 21:57

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In article <315FEE07.AE6@rpi.edu>, Larry Bernstone  <bernsl2@rpi.edu> wrote:
>The drives that you have listed are not really what Andrew 
>was talking about.  These are all PD drives rather than 

Right.  :)

>true MO.  The 650MB MOs are not yet out there (that I have 
[...]
>these (why can't R&D go any faster, they should double 
>capacities every 6 months!?!??), but, alas, they are not 

Well, I've noticed that R&D is going very swiftly for magneto-optical 
systems >1.2gb.  I mean, they're about ready to go to 5 or 6 gb 
cartridges.  So the 5.25" systems are progressing rapidly, IMHO, but the 
3.5" tech is lagging.  650mb 3.5" drives would be a GREAT balance between 
size (230mb drives are pretty affordable but a bit small) and expense 
(1.3 gb drives are nice, but waaaaay to expensive for the home user :).

>here yet...  Meanwhile, the 1GB magnetics (Jaz) are 
>stealing the thunder.

Except for those of us who've had it with magnetic archiving media.  :)

Andrew
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Andrew Pann                            Washington University in St. Louis
ajp3@cec.wustl.edu                     School of Engineering
Applied Science (Comp Sci)             Class of '98 (with luck!)

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