Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 1/4/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!kurt From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: QL, Mac, Adam, non-std magnetics Message-ID: <950@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 13:28:04 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.950 Posted: Tue Feb 21 13:28:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 06:08:10 EST References: <1930@ihnss.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 26 3" microfloppies (or 3 1/2" or whatever becomes the standard) are worthwhile. They have the following advantages over 5 1/4" disks: * Much higher density. Up to 400K on a single sided disk vs 230K tops on very high priced 5 1/4" systems. * Faster track to track times, faster startup times, lower latencies. This is because the media in a 3 1/2" disk is rigid and is held in a rigid plastic container with a metal hub. Overall, the same simple manufacturing techniques result in a higher precision product that * costs the same as 5 1/4" * The 3 1/2" disks are sealed so you don't accidentially touch/spill coffee on the media. They can be safely carried in your shirt pocket, mailed or left on a table top without a jacket. It's up to you. Do you want a faster, more reliable, safer, easier-to-use medium at the same price or do you want what is familiar. By the way, there is no such thing as compatibility among 5 1/4" disks. There is barely compatibility among 8" disks in a single outdated mode. Bring on the next generation! -- Kurt Guntheroth John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurt