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In article <81!3-=+@rpi.edu> sassoj@vccnw10.its.rpi.edu (John J. Sasso Jr.) writes:
>Hello,
>
>   On my i486 PC I have a 104M harddrive (SCSI), which has only 15M left on
>   it.  Although I could buy another 100+M harddrive to get more storage, I
>   was thinking of turning to removable storage (high capacity disks).  I was
>   looking at floptical drives and Bernoulli drives.  From what I understand,
>   (1) Bernoulli drives run about $500, and flopticals about $300, (2) the
>   disks that come w/Bernoulli drives are usually 90M, whereas the disks for
>   flopticals are 21M.  However, how do these two drives compare as far as 
>   access time is concerned (as well as w/ harddrives)?

I don't know about the access time on the Bernoulli, but the floptical I
have is very nice. The disks run around $80 for a pack of 5, vs $120 or so
for each Bernoulli cartridge. You can also read normal diskettes with your
floptical drive, and the access time on floppies is about 4 times faster
than normal floppy drives.

The only advantage to the Bernoulli is that it is a little less fragile.
It is using essentally a giant floppy disk to do the job. The optical
device is -very- sensitive, and can be knocked out of alignment.

Scott


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