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- From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Floptical Drive, 3000 and 2000?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.185301.12265@CERIS.Purdue.EDU>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 18:53:01 GMT
- References: <1992Aug24.204322.3646@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
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- From article <1992Aug24.204322.3646@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, by wbennett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William F Bennett):
- > David,
- > I'm not sure about which ads you may be referring but the floptical
- > is a SCSI device and as such can be used with any machine that has a SCSI
- > controller and used interchangeably, with the caveat that the controllers on
- > separate machines have the same format for the RBD (Rigid Disk Block) that is
- > written to each disk. Preferrably you would have the same controller on two
- > separate machines though this is not necessary. The floptical drives come as
- > internal or external (in your case you would want an external). Unfortunately
- > the externals are about $100 more than the internals.
- >
- > I have a floptical drive and I am very pleased with its operation. They
- > are faster than floppies but not nearly as fast as hard drives.
- >
-
- What brand? How much stuff can you read on it?
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