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- From: wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 04:53:01 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
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- On Sun, 14 Jan 96 16:55:12 MST, Bob Maple articulated:
- <> On Sat 13-Jan-1996 6:32a, William Near wrote:
- <> WN> Isn't an extra 33 Mbs of storage worth the extra $3 in
- <> WN> cartridge costs? I think it is.
- <>
- <> But is the extra 33MB worth it for the pain of the entire SyQuest format?
- <>
- <> I don't think so.
-
- To each his own. :-)
-
- I think it works fine for my type of usage.
-
- <> WN> I'll agree that the platters used in the SyQuest's
- <> WN> cartridges may be more fragile than the ZIP's disks. I'm
- <> WN> neither careless nor abusive with my computer equipment,
- <> WN> though.
- <>
- <> I don't think anyone would buy a product based on the fact that they can chuck
- <> a disk across the room and not break it--I don't think most people do that for
- <> entertainment value.
- <>
- <> But accidents do happen and it especially makes SyQuest disks scary to ship.
-
- I'll leave my catapult's safety on. :-)
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