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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: When Is Zip Internal!
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 07:42:48 GMT
- Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
- Message-ID: <4eki5o$m72@natasha.rmii.com>
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- Phil Wright (pwright@crash.cts.com) wrote:
- : On 27-Jan-96 02:12:59, Maxwell Daymon was reported to have said:
- : >Harold Snel (snel%nlsun1@btmv.bel.alcatel.be) wrote:
- : >: It's a 3.5 inch drive!
-
- : >That doesn't mean the electronics and assembly are small enough for a
- : >3.5" drive bay. They *may* have a 3.5" model, but the photos I've seen of
- : >the internal - it's definiately a 5.25" *FORM FACTOR*
-
- : If they can get the Jaz in a 3.5" form factor and the EZ135 in a 3.5" form
-
- Since when is Jaz 3.5" form factor? Again: the DISKS are 3.5", but the
- electronics and mechanics (so far) seem to be packaged in 5.25" drive
- casing. This is preliminary, but it's what I've actually *seen* so far.
-
- (Specifications subject to change without notice, of course)
-
- : factor, surely they can get a Zip drive in 3.5".
-
- They may not CARE to. The expense to pack the drives tight may not be
- worth it to them right now and hence the 5.25" casing.
-