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From: hollaar%basset.utah.edu@wasatch.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: SCSI adaptors, floppy drives
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Date: 14 Aug 89 16:06:18 GMT
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In article <1989Aug14.142109.1781@quintro.uucp> reb@quintro.UUCP (Roger E. Benz) writes:
>In article <8610@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Moshe Braner) writes:
>>Floppy drive: this is another backup option, and could also serve
>>for easy Apollo (and the net) <--> IBM PC/AT file transfer.
>>Can one get a 1.2 Meg 5.25" or a 1.44 Meg (or 720K) 3.5" drive?
>>Can it read/write MS-DOS format files?  Or only UNIX files?  Both?
>>
>
>Apollo has a floppy available that will meet your needs.  It can read
>write MS-DOS high dense floppies if you get the hardware or software
>PC compatibility products.  It does not read/write low dense floppies
>very well.
>
>The cost, if you have a hard disk, is about $500 for the floppy.  The PC
>software emulator is about $500 and the PC hardware emulator is $2K-$3k.

There is a program I wrote called PCdisk that supports high and low
density MS-DOS floppy disks without the need for the Apollo software
or hardware emulator.  Its cost is less (and performance better) than
the Apollo products: $200 for the first node and $100 for nodes after
that.  It can also support a 3.5" floppy, if want to add a non-standard
drive to your node.  (My DN4000 has a cartridge tape in the node and
a 5.25" and 3.5" floppy in an auxiliary cabinet.)

If you want more information, send me mail or write to:
	Contexture, Inc.
	PCdisk Information
	Post Office Box 58721
	Salt Lake City UT  84158