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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 07:50:40 GMT
- Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
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- Glenn Saunders (krishna@primenet.com) wrote:
- : The mortal John Prosper wrote:
- : : Great idea, Max! and one which has been mentioned before by
- : : someone else. Better yet, give the user a choice between a
- : : bundled Zip or Jazz drive.
-
- : The Zip drive is nice, but its days are numbered because the Jazz offers
- : more in capacity and speed. It won't be long before Jazz-like drives
-
- The Jaz is not reasonable as a floppy replacement. It's far too
- expensive. The Zip is low enough that it would *complement* a Jaz very
- nicely. That's like saying that the floppy won't survive due to the Jaz
- drive - it will. However, the Zip is a more likely floppy killer.
-
- : become as cheap as Zip drives are now, and then there will be no further
- : motivation to continue Zip support.
-
- It will be quite a bit longer, since Zip drives can go down just as Jaz
- drives can, and if Iomega signs on Sony and Matsushita, the Zip drive
- will probably hit near HD floppy prices.
-
- Zip disks are also reliable (not winchester) and offered in 25MB
- capacities: the cost of a 25MB disk is such that you won't have a stomach
- ache wondering if you'll get it back.
-
- In order to supplant the floppy, a new media must have a 'disposable'
- option (like the 25MB Zip disk).
-