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Re: Zip vs Syquest. Which?

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From: Brian Carroll
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <345684a47@ursaminr.demon.co.uk>, Peter Smith
<polaris@ursaminr.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <na.b05d2c4748.a502a0bcantwell@argonet.co.uk>
>           Brian Cantwell <bcantwell@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > In article <9895e04747@nanobyte.demon.co.uk>, Patrick Herborn
> > <pat@nanobyte.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > I guess that Syquest isn't any better.

[snip]

> Ha. I phoned them up about my dead EZ135, on the advice of Castle
> Technology, and I spoke to a really obnoxious bloke, who effectively
> told me to stick my drive up my arse! (What he actually said was that
> they wouldn't touch the drive unless I'd bought it from them direct,
> which was exactly the opposite of what Castle said)

For (much-delayed) comment on this see 'SyQuest Service' above

Brian.
 

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From: Brian Carroll <bric@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Zip vs Syquest. Which?
Date: 1997/01/18
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