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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 01:17:29 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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- References: <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> <4ckqnj$3pv@zipper.zip.com.au> <N.010896.202122.58@pool16.ezin.net> <4d1gp5$qt4@guava.epix.net>
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- William Near (wnear@epix.net) wrote:
-
- : I just bought the SyQuest about a week ago and I love it!
-
- : SyQuest ZIP
-
- : BytesPerSecond 1.45 Mb 950k
-
- Some poeple have gotten just over 1.0 MB/s on the Zip
-
- : Formatted Capacity 128 Mb 95 Mb
-
- : Cost via Mail Order $199.98 $195.00
-
- : Cost per Cartridge $19.95 $19.95
-
- But you can also buy Zip disks in a ten pack for $149.99 USD, which
- brings the price down to $15 USD per disk ($.1559 /MB for the SyQuest,
- $.1579 /MB for the Zip) --> basically the same cost.
-
- : The SyQuest comes with a 2 year warranty on the drive and 5
- : years on each cartridge.
-
- The Zip disks have a lifetime warranty.
-
- So you're looking at: same cost for the drive, same cost per meg for
- the disks, but the SyQuest is a little faster, and the Zip disks have
- a lifetime warranty.
-
- Pretty close call.
-
- (I bought a Zip :)
-
- Tom Kennedy
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