Re: Zip vs Syquest. Which?

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From: Tim Dawson
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <19970102.125920.91@fjukes.demon.co.uk>, Frank Jukes
<URL:mailto:frank@fjukes.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > Are there any parallel port Zipists out there happy with there lot?
> 
> I've got one (recently) and it works as a convenient way of carrying a
> reasonably large number of files around and for backup.
> 
> The only drawback is the size/weight of the power supply :-(. Remember the 
> jokes about the early digital watches with batteries carried in suitcases?
> Probably not!

I didn't realize that it had a separate PSU...?

> 
> It works.

How fast...??
(subjectively speaking... little/lot/enormously slower/make a cuppa/ than a HD)

> 
> Is that good enough?

Thanks for the info...its a minefield out there :-)

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