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- From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
- Subject: Re: SyQuest vs. floptical
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:36:09 GMT
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- Pretty good summary. I'd just add a couple notes - bare Syquest 44MB drives
- are around $300 from various places in Computer Shopper, and bare 88MB units
- are only in the $400-450 range. If you already have an existing SCSI drive
- setup there's no reason not to buy bare units to just add in. The cartridge
- prices have been pretty consistently in the $65-75 and $110-$120 range that
- John quoted... Personally I want speed more than portability so I prefer the
- Syquest over the floptical technology.
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- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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