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- From: st585@Rosie.UH.EDU (hector o'sexual)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Ez Drive anygood?
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 20:15:37 GMT
- Organization: University of Houston
- Message-ID: <4ej9t9$a0f@masala.cc.uh.edu>
- References: <4e3d2n$8lp@masala.cc.uh.edu> <4e483k$ah1@guava.epix.net> <1541.6598T731T489@xmission.com>,<4ee6bd$4c6@northshore.shore.net>
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- In article <4ee6bd$4c6@northshore.shore.net>, farren@shore.net (farren user) writes:
- >jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger) writes:
- >
- >> WN> <> I was thinking of getting a Ez Drive instead of a Zip.
- >
- >>What benefits far outweigh the ZIP?
- >
- >I don't know about *far* outweighing it, but:
- >
- >- Larger capacity (about 30 Meg more per disk)
- >- Faster transfer rates
- >- SCSI interface is more flexible - you can assign any unit number
- >- Metal case instead of plastic
- >- Media is marginally cheaper than Zip disks
- >- On/off switch
- >- Warranty is longer
- >- Can be used as an internal drive (can you do this with a Zip? I don't know.)
- >
- >I just got an EZ, and had zero problems getting it to work on my A3000.
- >Plugged it in, turned it on, put in a disk, ran HDToolbox, and that was
- >it - worked first time. I like it.
- >
- >--
- >Michael J. Farren, Lemmings Manager | All standard disclaimers apply.
- >Focus Studios, Cambridge MA |
- >farren@shore.net, farren@well.com | Are we not Lemmings? If you click
- >mikefink@river.org | us, do we not ... Oh, no!
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- Has anyone had anyluck attaching it to a 1200? If so, howd you do it? And did
- you use the IDE version of EZ drive?
-
- --Hector O'Sexual
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