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- From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Need information on Dell HD drives
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 09:00:06 -0800
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- >>In article <1716.6573T742T788@insync.net>, lee@insync.net (Lee) says:
- >>>
- >>> Nope. It's a laptop drive. It's form factor is so small, you could
- >>> stack
- >
- >>Yeap. Why not sell the drive part to a clone laptop users and modify
- >>the cable to work with a 1" PC clone floppy drive. Afterall the magic
- >>trix is in the cable. ;)
- >
- > 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...
- >
- > Lee
- >
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- If the Dell HD Floppy drive is spinning slower, then why is it that
- SysInfo 3.24 tellsme it has exactly the same Speed/Transfer Rate
- that my 1200's internal DD Floppy drive has?
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