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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
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- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 23:31:35 GMT
- Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900)
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- On or about 01-Jan-96 05:12:39 William Near typed the following words about
- "Re: ZIP vs SyQuest". My reply is thus...
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- WN> On Sun, 31 Dec 95 17:28:50, Dan J. Fraser articulated:
- WN> <> In article <4c56j2$ilr@nntp.interaccess.com> djaco@thymaster.interacce
- WN> <> > BTW, I think it's a little early to speculate on long-term reliabili
- WN> <> > media integrity. Might as well flip a coin...both are cool. Nothing
- WN> <>
- WN> <> Not really. You only have to look as far is the past histories of bot
- WN> <> companies when it comes to media integrity and long-term reliability t
- WN> <> make a decision.
- WN> <>
- WN> <> The bottom line is that Iomega makes good equipment, and Syquest doesn
- WN> ^^^^^^^
- WN> <> 'nuff said.
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- WN> I hope this isn't true. I just ordered the SyQuest EZ135. It
- WN> cost me exactly the same amount as a ZIP drive and it holds
- WN> more data per cartridge. Hope I didn't make the wrong
- WN> choice.
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- IOmega has long been known for their reliability. The Bernoulli box was an
- industry standard for reliability. The Syquest is based on Hard Drive (rigid
- platter) technology, the ZIP is Floppy technology. The ZIP drive carts should
- be much more reliable than Syquests.
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- BTW, have a ZIP drive here for almost a month. Zero problems using them with
- AmigaDOS or CrossDOS. ZIP disks are only $15 each if you buy them in a 10
- pack.
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