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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!toddpw
  3. From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
  4. Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep2.050043.21681@cco.caltech.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cco.caltech.edu
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: punisher
  8. Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  9. References: <1992Aug29.081112.15522@cco.caltech.edu> <BtrHy7.Jzx@world.std.com> <1992Aug30.045333.6530@cco.caltech.edu> <1992Sep1.111605.11572@utstat.uucp>
  10. Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:00:43 GMT
  11. Lines: 12
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  13. philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Does this imply that MO's will work (the 3.5" 128meg ones)?
  16.  
  17. Not with the mechanism Tulin sells. It takes 3.5" floppy type media, and uses
  18. optical tracking to access the 20meg media.
  19.  
  20. I don't know of any reports about whether the 128meg units will work with the
  21. RF or the DMA SCSI. Your guess is as good as mine.
  22.  
  23. Todd Whitesel
  24. toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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