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- From: wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 23:06:13 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
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- On Tue, 09 Jan 96 02:21:22 GMT, Alex Santa-Pinter articulated:
- <> > In article <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- <> > writes:
- <> > > I am considering getting a ZIP drive for my A2000, but I
- <> > > have also been looking at the SyQuest 135. The SCSI version
- <> > > of the ZIP drive goes for about $195 and the SyQuest 135 can
- <> > > be had for about $239.
- <> > >
- <> > > Does anyone have any experience with both of these drives?...
- <>
- <> If you need performance, for the price difference, the SyQuest drives are still
- <> better, ie: faster access times and transfer rates, but slower to startup
- <> (because of housekeeping and spinup time).
- <>
- <> Also note that the SyQuest holds almost 35% more data.
-
- I just bought the SyQuest about a week ago and I love it!
-
- SyQuest ZIP
-
- BytesPerSecond 1.45 Mb 950k
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- Formatted Capacity 128 Mb 95 Mb
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- Cost via Mail Order $199.98 $195.00
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- Cost per Cartridge $19.95 $19.95
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- The SyQuest comes with a 2 year warranty on the drive and 5
- years on each cartridge.
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