I have an Olympus Sys.230 which I like very much for archival. It's cheap
(~$300), fast, and reliable. However, I have had trouble reading & writing my
PC/Olympus MOs with a Mac/Pinnacle MO drive. I have been told that the MO
drives are not very compatible between manufacturers.

Stephan Coetzee wrote:
>
> Dear John
> >
> > We have a 230 MB magneto optical drive on a Noran V-III EDX system and need
> > a second drive in order to use the disks on a Macintosh. Pinnacle Micro no
> > longer makes the 230 MB Tahoe, so we are looking for another manufacturer.
> > Anyone care to recommend a 230 MB model MO and vendor to purchase this
> > device? Thanks.
>
> We have a 640 MB MO drive manufactured by Fujitech which can read,
> write and format 230 MB disks.  But do have the increased
> storagespace disk option as well.  Handy size when dumping to a CD
>
> Hope this helps