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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 17 Jan 96 17:02:40 +0500
- Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900)
- Message-ID: <1874.6590T1022T2002@xmission.com>
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- On or about 16-Jan-96 20:39:27 Peter da Silva typed the following words about
- "Re: ZIP vs SyQuest". My reply is thus...
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- PdS> In article <1903.6588T778T2112@xmission.com>,
- PdS> John S. Burger <jsburger@xmission.com> wrote:
- >> PdS> If you treat 100MB cartridges like floppies you deserve everythin
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- >>100MB Zip disks can be treated basically like a floppy, so what is the
- >>problem. If I drop one I can still use it.
-
- PdS> I guess you're less careful than I. I will chuck a floppy out if it's
- PdS> been mistreated.
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- I don't think so. I am very careful with my disks. The point is, if an
- accident *DOES* happen it probably won't end up with lost data. I don't
- mistreat floppies so I don't have to throw them out for that reason.
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- >>I don't see what the big deal is about the ZIP only using SCSI 5 or 6.
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- PdS> It means if you have two other drives you can't boot off the Zip.
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- Huh??? What does the SCSI address have to do with booting? If you believe
- that I guess I can understand why you think it is a problem.
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- PdS> It means if you want to use the Zip on a PC too, you can't boot off it a
- PdS> all.
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- Huh??? See above. Why would you want to boot a PC from a ZIP anyhow? 100 megs
- isn't enough room to do anything on a PC. That is not the Iomega's fault.
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