Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!usc!cs.utexas.edu!wasatch!basset.utah.edu!hollaar From: hollaar%basset.utah.edu@wasatch.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: SCSI adaptors, floppy drives Message-ID: <2325@wasatch.utah.edu> Date: 14 Aug 89 16:06:18 GMT References: <8610@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1989Aug14.142109.1781@quintro.uucp> Sender: news@wasatch.utah.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 29 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