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- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Are flopticals compatible with those mini cd's?
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 03:43:55 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:
-
- > (MO cartridges might be a little
- >more resistant since, if I'm not mistaken, it takes a combination of
- >heat (from a laser) and an applied magnetic field to change them.)
-
- You're not mistaken. That and the higher density is why MO cartridges are going
- to take over when they become a cost-effective technology (and you can bet that
- lots of companies are determined to make that happen).
-
- >The only media that are totally safe from the effects of magnetic
- >fields at this time are CD-ROMs and related optical storage methods.
-
- Don't forget paper, or does that count as an optical storage method? :)
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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