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

fat-fingered it - 5.25" floppies. The 5.24" floppies were the European
standard. ;-P

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

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> ---
> 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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