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- From: jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
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- Subject: Re: Opinions/experience with PLI 21mb Floptical drive?
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 05:40:16 GMT
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- Bruce Hoover (hooverb@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu) wrote:
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- > I'm considering buying a PLI 3.5" 21 mb floptical drive. I'm interested
- > in hearing from anyone who has used/owned one. How fast are they? Are
- > they reliable? Do they really read regular HD diskettes faster than the
- > superdrive? Will they read DOS diskettes like the superdrive does?
-
- A friend of mine got one and absolutely hates it! Whenever we put it into
- the SCSI chain there are total problems and we usually have to disconnect all
- of the other devices to get it working. Another problem is that usually
- software installers don't know how to eject the disk to (when using it as a
- 1.44mb drive) so you must manually eject the floppies with a paperclip.
-
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