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- From: djarvis@u.washington.edu (David Jarvis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 23:54:39 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- Message-ID: <4g35fv$b98@nntp5.u.washington.edu>
- References: <1088.6617T1049T2448@in.net> <1458.6619T1016T1426@xmission.com>
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- In article <1458.6619T1016T1426@xmission.com>,
- John S. Burger <jsburger@xmission.com> wrote:
- >
- >On or about 14-Feb-96 04:36:22 John J. Maver, Jr. typed the following words
- >about "Re: ZIP vs SyQuest". My reply is thus...
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- >...Stuff Deleted...
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- > JJMJ> Which one best suits you really depends on your needs...
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- > JJMJ> If you need the ability to deal with floppy disks, and don't
- >rea
- > JJMJ> care about speed...go zip.
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- >What does that mean? A ZIP drive is based on floppy technology but it doesn't
- >read/write floppy disks.
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- > JJMJ> If you need a removeable HD that you are going to use for more
- >t
- > JJMJ> storage, or occasional backups, you want something with some speed. Th
- > JJMJ> EZDrive is the obvious solution. It is significantly faster, just as e
- > JJMJ> set up, and larger in capacity. My only wish is for the floppy support
- > JJMJ> that is not a necessity for me.
- >
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- The Zip drive IS NOT floppy compatible. The documentation with it (and
- in Squirrel tools I think) states that inserting a floppy disk into it
- may damage the mechanism.
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- David Jarvis - proud new owner of a slightly less blue Zip Drive than I had
- hoped for!
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- > JJMJ> --John J. Maver, Jr.
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- >--
- > // -= John =- jsburger@xmission.com BIX: jburger
- > \X/ Via
- > Amateur Radio KB0ES T
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- > A2630 A2632 John S. Burger Hooper, UT O
- >2+14megs RAM R
- > 850meg HD This message was composed on... 2.22
- > Iomega ZIP 15-Feb-96 16:54:43 MST
- >--
- >
- >Have time to waste? Get Microsoft Windows 3.1!
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