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- From: scottdo@winternet.com (Scott Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP and Jazz
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 23:44:34 GMT
- Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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- John S. Burger (jsburger@xmission.com) wrote:
- >
- > On or about 22-Jan-96 17:56:02 Fernando Martins typed the following words
- > about "Re: ZIP and Jazz". My reply is thus...
- >
- >
- > >>>: >What's the difference between a ZIP drive and a Jazz
- > >>>: >drive?
- > >>>
- > >>>: ~900MB..
- > >>>
- > >>>And roughly $300.
- >
- > FM> So, that means that 100Mb cost $200... and 900MB cost $300!!! :)
- >
- > No! $200 plus $300 = $500. Actually the list price is $599 for the drive plus
- > media costs which I think is $100 per cartridge.
-
- Depends on whether it's internal or external: the internal ones are
- $499, the externals are $599.
-
- > FM> I made my decision, I want a Jazz Drive!
- >
- > FM> Seriously, does anyone know if the Jazz drive is out?! Any experience
- > FM> connecting it to the Amiga? Is it as simple as the Zip and everything els
- > FM> or does it have some tricks?!
- >
- > No it is not out yet.
- >
- > FM> I was interested to buy an external one, how do we power it?!
-
- You'd just plug it (or it's power supply, hopefully it will have an
- internal powersupply though) into the wall, like any other external
- device.
-
- Scott
-