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- From: jerry@arlut.utexas.edu (Jerry Heyman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: EZ vs ZIP Drive? Please Email Resp
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 18:17:42 GMT
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- James Grubic (grubic@avicom.net) wrote:
-
- : Looking at it from both sides:
-
- : 1) the Zip disks are more durable and portable.
- : 2) May very well become a standard.
-
- : Most Amiga people, when they first heard of the Zip, freaked out and tried to
- : buy one as soon as possible. I do not regret recommending that our district
- : buy the EZ135 drives, and would in fact get one for my home Amiga if I had the
- : cash. I wish more Amiga users would have waited it out and bought an
- : EZ135...it's a nice little drive.
-
- : Now the Jaz drive...THAT's a different story...I haven't played with one yet,
- : but it looks nice...I think there will be 256MB and 1GB disks...but this is a
- : different category of removeable drive...really not in the same price
- : range/consumer target audience as the Zip or EZ135.
-
- The JAZ has 525MB disks and 1GB disks. 525MB are supposed to cost ~$69 (US)
- and the 1Gig ~$129 (US) - both prices go down if you buy the multi-disk
- packs.
-
- I've recently installed a JAZ and I love it :-)
-
- : ---
- : James Grubic
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- jerry
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