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- From: tspencer@ix.netcom.com (Vee Gibson )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP and Jazz
- Date: 25 Jan 1996 18:30:29 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4e8i85$2c5@reader2.ix.netcom.com>
- References: <4cavqc$b02@tuegate.tue.nl> <4cfd5c$slc@calvino.alaska.net> <518.6595T746T2200@esoterica.pt> <1472.6596T840T2133@xmission.com>
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- X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 25 10:30:29 AM PST 1996
-
- In <1472.6596T840T2133@xmission.com> jsburger@xmission.com (John S.
- Burger) writes:
- >
- >
- >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.
- >
- > 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.
-
-
- ACTUALLY, THE JAZ DRIVE IS SHIPPING! My Neighbor just bought one from
- a company called ProMax and he says it is the most amazing thing he has
- every used. He is a Videographer.
- >
- > FM> I was interested to buy an external one, how do we power it?!
- >
- > FM> Thanks.
- >
- > FM> __ _ _
- > FM> /_ /|/|
- > FM> / / | fmartins@esoterica.pt
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- > // -= John =- jsburger@xmission.com BIX: jburger
- > \X/
- Via
- > Amateur Radio KB0ES
- T
- > Amiga 2000
- H
- > A2630 A2632 John S. Burger Hooper, UT
- O
- >2+14megs RAM
- R
- > 850meg HD This message was composed on...
- 2.22
- > 23-Jan-96 13:58:16 MST
- >--
- >
- >I'd love to, but I'm too old for that stuff.
- >
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