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  2. From: wnear@epix.net (William Near)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
  5. Date: 13 Jan 1996 06:17:04 GMT
  6. Organization: epix.net
  7. Message-ID: <4d7ip0$jn2@guava.epix.net>
  8. References: <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> <4ckqnj$3pv@zipper.zip.com.au> <N.010896.202122.58@pool16.ezin.net> <4d1gp5$qt4@guava.epix.net> <19960111.7D57488.1438E@mother.com>
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  11.  
  12. On Thu, 11 Jan 96 22:49:13, Dan J. Fraser articulated:
  13. <> 
  14. <> In article <4d1gp5$qt4@guava.epix.net> wnear@epix.net (William Near) writes:
  15. <>  
  16. <> > BytesPerSecond       1.45 Mb    950k
  17. <> > 
  18. <> > Formatted Capacity    128 Mb     95 Mb
  19. <> > 
  20. <> > Cost via Mail Order  $199.98   $195.00
  21. <> > 
  22. <> > Cost per Cartridge    $19.95    $19.95
  23. <> 
  24. <> Chance of data loss        100%        0%
  25. <> and drive damage if 
  26. <> cart dropped 1m to 
  27. <> concrete
  28.  
  29. How likely is this? I guess I'll sacrifice the .000005%
  30. chance of my dropping a SyQuest cartridge on a concrete
  31. surface for the gains in storage space and speed.
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  41.     Contributing Editor @ Amiga Report Magazine
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