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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 15 Jan 96 12:47:22 +0500
- Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900)
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- References: <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> <4ckqnj$3pv@zipper.zip.com.au><N.010896.202122.58@pool16.ezin.net>
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- On or about 13-Jan-96 20:27:26 jkelly typed the following words about "Re: ZIP
- vs SyQuest". My reply is thus...
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- j> In article <4d1gp5$qt4@guava.epix.net> wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- j> writes:
- >><>
- >><> Chance of data loss 100% 0%
- >><> and drive damage if
- >><> cart dropped 1m to
- >><> concrete
-
- >>How likely is this? I guess I'll sacrifice the .000005%
- >>chance of my dropping a SyQuest cartridge on a concrete
- >>surface for the gains in storage space and speed.
-
- j> How many here have NEVER had a floppy disk knocked off his desk?
-
- j> SCENERIO: EZ drive
-
- j> I'm looking at pictures on my GFXarchive disk.
- j> I decide I need to retrieve a file off my Backup1 disk.
- j> I eject the EZ disk....wait.....wait....
- j> I CARFULLY set the disk aside and insert the Backup1 disk.
- j> wait.....wait......wait....
- j> I retrieve the file. ooooo that was quick. EZs are quick.
- j> I eject the disk....wait.....wait....
- j> I CARFULLY put the disk away and insert GFXarchive into drive.
- j> wait.....wait......wait....
- j> Go back to looking at pictures.
-
- j> SCENERIO: Zip drive
-
- j> Same as above 'cept I don't have to be extra careful and there are no
- wait
- j> The speed of the EZ was very much reduced by the fact that I had to
- j> waitwaitwait for spin-ups.
-
- j> This is how I use my Zip drive. Maybe your use of your drive is
- differen
- j> and the spin-ups are a non issue.
-
- Yup, I just stick in ZIP disks and eject them like floppies. No worries. The
- ZIP does have to spin up if you haven't accessed in a while but by the time
- you stick in the disk and do what ever you do to access it, it has spun up.
-
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