SyQuest drive compatibility

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 22:40:18 2002

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> Here's a good FAQ on SyQuest drives that answered my question regarding
> whether or not a 44MB drive was compatible with an 88MB drive was
> compatible with a 200MB drive.
>
> The bottom line is that the original 88MB drive could only read a 44, not
> write to it. People got pissed, so SyQuest came out with an 88c ('c' for
> "combination") that could both read and write 44MB disks. The 200MB drive
> can read/write/initialize 44/88/200MB disks.
>
> --
>
> Sellam Ismail

Interesting, as I have one of each. I can't format 44 & 88 meg from the
200 meg drive, but the 88 does both 88 and 44. How does it know the
difference in the media?? I looked all over for special notches, etc.
and couldn't find anything. And do you know of a good CHEAP source for
disks?

Gary Hildebrand
St. Jsoeph, MO
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 22:40:18 GMT