Xref: utzoo comp.periphs:2149 comp.sys.mac:39241 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!calgary!amc-vlsi!ryan From: ryan (Ryan Jorgenson) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.mac Subject: FLOPTICAL drives Keywords: Insite, FLOPTICAL Message-ID: <836@amc-vlsi.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 89 14:53:09 GMT Sender: news@amc-vlsi.UUCP Lines: 22 Has anyone had experience with the "microtronics Trade Service" TESS I325 FLOPTICAL drive? Our company looked into these about a year ago (the original manufacturer, Insite Peripherals, CA), and they looked quite useful, if they weren't vaporware. (For those of you that don't know, a FLOPTICAL drive is a MAGNETO-OPTICAL floppy disk, that uses optical markers to identify tracks. By using the optical markers, the track density can be increased dramatically. In the case of the I325, they claim to be able to put 20MB on a 3-1/2" floppy.) The ad I saw was in the lattest Byte Issue. If you are using these, or know where you can get them in Canada (or the U.S., but Canada would be better), I'm sure their are a few people interested... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: The company? They don't know what I say, so why blame them? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ryan@amc-vlsi.uucp | Ryan Jorgenson ryan@amc-vlsi.ucalgary.ca | The Alberta Microelectronic Centre | Calgary, Alberta Canada