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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 15:14:02 EST
- From: <LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <96004.151402LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Need information on Dell HD drives
- References: <4bsqte$occ@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- <149221@cup.portal.com><533.6570T1259T1521@pixi.com>
- <4c3pr6$m6k@flood.xnet.com><4c4la5$n77@rapidnet.com>
- <1716.6573T742T788@insync.net> <96002.222029LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- <915.6576T1018T2996@insync.net>
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- In article <915.6576T1018T2996@insync.net>, lee@insync.net (Lee) says:
- >
- > Not really. The cable is fairly standard, as far as custom cables go. :-)
- >It is the drive that is truly odd. I think it actually spins slower. For the
- >laptop, that would save a lot of power...
-
- If the drive spins at 1/2 speed, how can you read standard DD floppy ?
- In a PC, the modern floppy controllers can deal with both DD & HD
- floppies spinning at 300 RPM. Some does it in 300/360 RPM. My old
- (10 years old) Sony drives only need 1.5 W or so.
-
- I think the small circuit board inside the connector does a bit more.
- Those guys did a pretty good Engineering (design & packaging) job on it.
- They could use a bit of work on the pricing part. :)
-
- >* Lee Sharp *
- >* Sharp Systems - Computer Hardware and Software Solutions *
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- K. C. Lee
-