When I opened my snail mail box today I found a pleasant surprise: a US airmail envelope with some floptical diskettes, the 21 Mb 3.5 inch diskettes that can be read by my iomega floptical.
The floptical is not as fast as one would expect from a optical disk drive attached the scsi port. Actually it is about as fast as a normal floppy drive. Contrary to the normal high density disks it can also read, the 21 mb floptical disks can be used as startup disks. I setup one of them as a startup disk and I like it. It may not be fast, but because I installed system 6, which is quite suitable for operating in floppy speed conditions, everything is just fine. The one big advantage over using a floptical as a startup disk for a Mac Plus over a zip or an external hard disk is the silence. A zip will keep on spinning for 15 minutes after every disk access which produces an irritating extra noise. Of course one can keep this spinning under control by installing sleeper, but it is not optimal. External hard disks with their loud fans are a burden for the ear. The fanless floptical drive only spins when in used and shuts up as soon as you are finished using the disk, just like a normal floppy drive. Marten -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
