#: 16352 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    31-Aug-92  19:02:27
Sb: #16346-New drives
Fm: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

One other thing to keep an eye on would be the SCSI Floptical drives that store
20 MB on a floppy like media.

(I've not been paying too much attention to these myself since I already have a
Teac SCSI tape drive.)

For several reasons (like access speed and cost per megabyte) I think that the
Syquest 44 or 88 MB removable hard disks are a better deal than the Flopticals.
If the Floptical drives drop into the $200.00 range then I think they'll have a
better chance.

On a related note, I saw a nifty item in the recent Dalco catalog. It is a
mounting frame that fits into a 5.24" drive bay and has a removable frame for a
3.5" hard drive. This allows you to make ANY 3.5" hard disk into a removable
hard drive. Used small capacity (<= 50mb) 3.5" SCSI hard disks are becoming
easier and easier to find these days with Amiga and Mac owners upgrading to
larger drives.


-J