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- From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
- Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.044619.22642@wl.com>
- Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
- References: <1992Aug30.231234.10970@cco.caltech.edu> <=hvy#am@rpi.edu> <1992Sep1.022446.1216@cco.caltech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 04:46:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep1.022446.1216@cco.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
- >kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes:
- >
- >>Would this, if it were true, mean that you could use the floptical and the
- >>forthcoming MS-DOS FST to read standard MS-DOS disks w/o getting a Superdrive
- >
- >Yes it would -- IF the drivers are smart enough to deal with unpartitioned
- >SCSI media. The RamFast currently is not, but chances are CVT will soon swallow
- >its pride and fix that. I didn't have a chance to call Tulin for current info
- >about the DMA SCSI situation today, so I won't know what's happening on that
- >front until tomorrow. It's possible that we may already have a SCSI FDHD with
- >the DMA SCSI card, but I don't know if it can handle unpartitioned media yet.
- >
- >I don't know ANYTHING about the AE product except that it is "available". If
- >anybody knows more, _please_ tell the net. If I see something on GEnie, I will
- >post it here. Ok?
- >
- >Todd Whitesel
- >toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
-
- Keep us posted on what you find out! This sure would beat shelling out the
- big bucks for a Superdrive/FDHD card only to get a max. capacity of 1.44 MB!
- I was going to get a tape drive but may wait to see what develops with the
- flopticals!
-
- Paul Schultz
- schultp@wl.com
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