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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: IOmega JAZ?
- Date: 10 Mar 1996 14:55:56 GMT
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- References: <005_9603062139@ima.infomail.com> <4hoeql$m25@daily-planet.execpc.com> <4hp17n$hmd@cisun2000.unil.ch>
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- Francisco Sepulveda (francis@pcbch1523.unil.ch) wrote:
-
- : In article <4hoeql$m25@daily-planet.execpc.com> innuendo@execpc.com (Jonathan Gapen) writes:
- : > The ZIP drive is more compatible with the Amiga than any CD-ROM drive,
- : > since CD-ROMs require special device drivers and filesystems, whereas the ZIP
- : > only requires a mountlist entry.
- : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- : No!!! the ZIP only requires HDTOOLBOX a well as a "normal" hard disk.
- : A mountlist is required for read/write foreings format (SGI,SUN, Mac.. PC)
-
- A mountlist entry and an RDB accomplish the same thing, they are just
- different ways of going about it. For changeable devices, many (myself
- included) prefer the mountlist method.
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