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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utgpu!utstat!philip
  3. From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
  4. Subject: Re: Floptical instead of SuperDrive?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec19.194516.18164@utstat.toronto.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
  7. References: <1gtecfINNhs7@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1992Dec18.195543.8266@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1gv6chINNnfn@gap.caltech.edu>
  8. Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:45:16 GMT
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  11. In article <1gv6chINNnfn@gap.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
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  15. >The Floptical can already exchange 1.44MB disks with Macintoshes. To me, it is
  16. >a great interim product, and will keep me chugging until long after the MO
  17. >devices are well established...
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  19. Doesn't the Floptical use special 3.5" floppies? That is, can you use an 
  20. ordinary floppy with one and transfer stuff from a Mac (on a 1.44meg floppy)?
  21. Is the floptical faster than a floppy drive?
  22.  
  23. Philip McDunnough
  24. philip@utstat.toronto.edu
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