Re: Removavbe cartridge Drives

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From: Holland
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:00

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Michael Firkins wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a 250mb - 1gig removable cartridge drive for system backup.
> 
> Having just played zip parallel on my slackware 1.2.13 laptop, I'm
> convinced removable (&scsi) is the way to go (over scsi tape) but I'd like
> bigger, faster disks and more dustproofing (and linux driver support of
> course)

You sound like you are just begging for a JAZ drive, the ZIP's big
brother. Its about 1GB, and much faster than a ZIP. Media costs are
high though. $200 last I saw in Australia, but they go for US$99.

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Date: 1996/10/17
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