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Article #7449

Re: 20 meg. floppy drive

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From: Pasquale Leone
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 1991 05:08
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In article <27aef7f6-244e.2comp.ibmpc-1@point.UUCP> akcs.bill@point.UUCP (Bill Wolff) writes:
>I find nothing wrong with it. I use high byte floppies for HD all the
>time. In fact, I don't mind switching those little 3.5 disks anyway. As
>long as the disk drive is 60us or so access time, I don't mind at all.
>Bear in mind that I don't usually load more than 640K in my computer. So
>maybe this is why it doesn't bother me.


What is this discussion about? This is the only article
I've seen. Are there 20meg floppy drives available? How much $ ?

pasquale@sgl.ists.ca
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