Request for Info on FLOPTICAL drives
Ryan Jorgenson
ryan
Mon Dec 4 11:40:11 AEST 1989
In article <848 at appleoz.oz.au>, ksand at appleoz.oz.au (Kent Sandvik) writes:
> ryan (Ryan Jorgenson) writes in article <853 at amc-vlsi.UUCP>:
> Has anybody out there used one of the new FLOPTICAL 3-1/2" drives on a
> Mac? Specifically, I'm looking at the Insite Peripherals Floptical SCSI drive
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> I'd like to hear from anybody that's got one of those up and running, whether its
> under Mac OS or A/UX.
>
> I have a COSMOS 600mb from RACET optical read/write unit for testing....
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> Kent
>
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I should have been more specific in my original posting:
A "FLOPTICAL" disk is Insite Peripherals term for a standard 3.5" magnetic
floppy which has had optical track-alignment marks added to the media. These
alignment markings allow them to pack a *HUGE* number of tracks on a 3.5" floppy,
and hence cram a *HUGE* (20 MB) amount of data onto a floppy.
The prices I've seen for the drives (in recent BYTE Magazine issues)
are ~$500 U.S, with the cost of the Floptical disks being ~$7 - $12 U.S.
Better still, the access times are quoted as being (working from memory)
around 65 ms. These things would not only make great BACKUP devices, but
are practical as low-cost removable hard-drives.
So, to reiterate my original question: has anybody got one of these
up and running on a MAC under either MacOS or A/UX?
--Ryan
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