Re: [Avid-L2] Re: External Drive for media w/ MacBook Pro

Now that I think about it, that may have turned a single-sided floppy into a
double-sided floppy, on the old 5.24" floppy disks.

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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:16 PM, ksirul <kenavid2@glueedit.com> wrote:

>
>
> Did that really work?
>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@...> wrote:
> >
> > You can use a paper punch to cut the HD notch in a DD disc and save more
> files.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/12/11, Wilson Chao <wilsonchao@...> wrote:
> > > I too had problems with the older DS/DD (double sided, double density,
> > > 360KB) floppies. But with these new-fangled DS/HD (double sided, high
> > > density, 1.2MB) floppies my R3D files play back fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:59 PM, ksirul <kenavid2@...> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I'm getting some studdery video trying to play back 4k Red files from
> a 5
> > >> 1/2" floppy disk. WTF?
> > >>
> > >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Ross <speckydave@> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > I totally agree.
> > >> > Though the original poster was asking for opinion on a 3.5" desktop
> > >> > drive, it's cheap and non-raid, so its performance is probably
> little
> > >> > better than the cheapo 2.5" drives you're talking about and 40MB/s
> is
> > >> > going to be about the best you can expect over FW800. A quick test
> of
> > >> > a similar domestic Western Digital drive I have here confirms this.
> > >> > The same files copied onto the same drive from the same source over
> > >> > USB 2 gets me a transfer rate of 27MB/s.
> > >> >
> > >> > So hey; FW800 sucks less in my book.
> > >> >
> > >> > D.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ---
> > Rob Lawson
> > System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
> > CBS News
> >
>
>
>

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