Subject: Re: some observations on the peripheral market
To: SAVE MY WALRUS <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: David A. Gatwood <marsmail@globegate.utm.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/11/1999 14:07:24
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, SAVE MY WALRUS wrote:

>  , and the
>  * best and most universally accepted means of carrying files is still the
>  * floppy disk -- probably by a million to one in terms of the total disk
>  * count.  Maybe more than that.  The floppy disk is far from dead.
> 
> Someone spoke of SuperDisks.  The SPARC controller doesn't support them,
> does it?

Dunno.  I think it depends on the machine.  The drive is IDE/ATAPI, so if
you've got a box with an IDE controller, then probably.  Oh, and there's a
USB version, obviously, hence the discussion.  :-)


David

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