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In article <4k0qve$eoa@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Jonathan Sivier  <jsivier@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>   I don't think anyone has answered your original question, which was are

Well, I actually had two questions -- they just weren't very well 
articulated within the post:

1)  Are 650 3.5" MO drives out yet?

2)  If not, what were the 650 MO cartridges that I saw Pinnacle Micro 
selling?

People have answered question number one pretty adequete -- ie. 650mb 
3.5" MO drives will be out Real Soon Now(tm).  This can mean as soon as 
the second half of this month or as late as the second half of this YEAR.  :)

>there drives capable of using the 650 MB media you saw listed.  The answer is
>yes, the 1.3 GB drives (5.25") will also read/write the older 650 MB 
>cartridges.

This answers my first question.  Thanks!

>However remember that MO drives use both sides of the disk separately so
>with a 650 MB cartridge you really have 2 325 MB disks. With a 1.3 GB disk

Hmmm, I thought the newer drives didn't require a manual disk flip?

Can anyone confirm this?


Andrew

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Andrew Pann                            Washington University in St. Louis
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