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- From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Gareth Bull)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP and Jazz
- Date: 24 Jan 96 16:25:18 +1100
- Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
- Message-ID: <1996Jan24.162518@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- fmartins@esoterica.pt (Fernando Martins) writes:
- >>>: >What's the difference between a ZIP drive and a Jazz
- >>>: >drive?
- >>>
- >>>: ~900MB..
- >>>
- >>>And roughly $300.
- >
- > So, that means that 100Mb cost $200... and 900MB cost $300!!! :)
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- No, Zip = 100Mb & $200 (plus disks). Jaz = 1000Mb & $500 (plus disks).
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- > I made my decision, I want a Jazz Drive!
- >
- > Seriously, does anyone know if the Jazz drive is out?! Any experience
- > connecting it to the Amiga? Is it as simple as the Zip and everything else :)
- > or does it have some tricks?!
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- I've seen ads from November last year from British retailers advertising the
- Jaz drive, but still haven't heard if you can buy them yet.
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- Power is handled by an external power supply.
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- Gareth.Bull@cc.monash.edu.au
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