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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3470.0. "Ext. floppy drives?" by PULSAR::MARKS () Tue Feb 13 1990 16:16

    Hi,
    
    I'm looking to buy an ext. floppy (3.5) for my A500.  Anyone have any
    opinions on the various 3rd party drives on the market.  Thanks in
    advance, any comments are appreciated.
    
    Thanks,
    
    rob
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3470.1AirDriveHPSCAD::DMCARRAsleep at the mouseTue Feb 13 1990 22:204
    There's some info in 2999.10-2999.last. As mentioned there, I've got
    the Megatronics AirDrive, no problems whatsoever. I'd assume that the
    Konyo Master 3A is equally as good. 
							-Dom
3470.2MAST TwinDriveRTPSWS::ZIMMERMANWhistlin' DixieFri Mar 02 1990 23:315
    I've had a MAST TwinDrive for about a year.  Works great.  Having
    three drives comes in real handy at times, too. 

    - Cliff
3470.3ASIA and Flexi-Data 10NAC::BRANNONvalue addedMon Mar 05 1990 18:077
    I've had an ASIA drive from Memory Location for about a year.  Works
    great but does "click".  NoClick3.5 from the net solves that problem.
    I've had a Flexi-data 10 drive for about 2 years.  It will still read
    floppies, but will usually complain about media problems when writting
    or formating.  
    
    dennis
3470.4A satisfied ownerDNEAST::SEELEY_BOBTue Mar 06 1990 10:375
    I bought my F-Data drive a while ago and haven't had any significant 
    problems with it. I'm glad you're getting replies.  When I made my Very
    Polite Request for information on external drives in this notesfile, I got 
    no replies and had to wing it. 
                                    
3470.5Another happy MAST Twin Drive ownerCAPN::SYLORArchitect = Buzzword GeneratorFri Mar 09 1990 01:423
    I've had a MAST Twindrive on my A500 for about 9 mo. No problems, makes
    a no-hard disk system tolerable. At the time $259 for 2 drives was the
    cheapest price per floppy I could find.