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  1. Path: news.rmii.com!rainbow!mdaymon
  2. From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  4. Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
  5. Date: 22 Jan 1996 18:16:51 GMT
  6. Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
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  11.  
  12. James McArthur (jamesm@turtle.apana.org.au) wrote:
  13. : Hang on a sec; cant the zip be connected to the parallel port? If so, why
  14. : doesnt someone write a parallel driver for it, and bundle it with all new 
  15. : Amiga packs??
  16.  
  17. Performance is terrible, for one.
  18.  
  19. Parallel Zip: 20MB/minute
  20.     SCSI Zip: 60MB/minute
  21.  
  22. Another good reason for SCSI on the motherboard.
  23.