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- From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 09:39:27 -0600
- Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. +1 713 968 5800
- Message-ID: <4dggrf$8c6@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
- References: <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> <1228.6586T617T2608@grape.epix.net> <4ddpdb$h0m@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <1903.6588T778T2112@xmission.com>
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- In article <1903.6588T778T2112@xmission.com>,
- John S. Burger <jsburger@xmission.com> wrote:
- > PdS> If you treat 100MB cartridges like floppies you deserve everything
-
- >100MB Zip disks can be treated basically like a floppy, so what is the
- >problem. If I drop one I can still use it.
-
- I guess you're less careful than I. I will chuck a floppy out if it's
- been mistreated.
-
- >I don't see what the big deal is about the ZIP only using SCSI 5 or 6.
-
- It means if you have two other drives you can't boot off the Zip.
-
- It means if you want to use the Zip on a PC too, you can't boot off it at
- all.
- --
- If the best part of waking up is Folgers in the cup, you might as well
- stay in bed.
-
- <URL: http://bonkers.neosoft.com/~peter/ >
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