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Date:      Sun, 14 Sep 1997 04:45:58 -0500
From:      dkelly@hiwaay.net
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Floppy Driver Problem Solved :^> 
Message-ID:  <199709140945.EAA25747@nospam.hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Daniel J. O'Connor" <darius@senet.com.au>  of "Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:28:07 %2B0930." <199709130958.TAA00642@holly.rd.net> 

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> > I think I will develop a floppy drive that uses a scsi interface!
> Its been done :)
> A friend of mine has one(Its out of a '030 powered small mainframe type thing... Hmm,
> excuse my vagueness)
> But heck, if you want to pay postage I;m sure we could mail it to you =)

Teac makes a SCSI floppy, AKA: Floptical. Does the normal foppy densities
(not sure about 2.88M) plus 20M with the right disk.

They appear on the surplus market sometimes for about $150. All SGI systems
with an optional floppy drive use them.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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