🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <ant0121150b05GZg@mcmuir.global.co.uk>, Malcolm Muir
<URL:mailto:mcmuir@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In December 1995 I bought a Syquest EZ135 SCSI for 179 UKp, took it out 
> of its case and installed it in a 3.5 inch bay in my RPC. 
> It is superb as an unlimited size HD and for backing up the permanent HD.
> 
> I tried to buy a second one (one RiscOS, one PC card) in October 1996 and 
> was told by Syquest that, as a result of halving the price to 89 UKp in 
> August, they had sold out of all EZ135 drives, world-wide.  They are dead, 
> departed, deceased, defunct.
> 
> I don't know how they propose supporting the 2 year guarantee enjoyed by 
> existing owners !
>  

At 89 UKP direct from SyQuest, it seemed a very attractive offer and so I too
bought an EZ135 SCSI.  Immediately after buying one, I learnt from a contact
in the USA that they were no longer being manufactured!  Ugh!  However, its
performance seems pretty good and I understand that there should not be a
problem getting hold of new cartridges.

One point that should be mentioned is that the removable cartridge drive
should be capable of being used in the same way as a 1.6MB floppy ie. as a
genuine DOS format to allow data exchange across different platforms.  My
requirement was that a cartridge initalised to 130MB on a PC could be
accessed OK directly by Risc OS.  This, of course, is dependent on the
type of interface used.  I use my EZ135 with an Alsystems Power-tec SCSI 2
card and it performs the cross platform task very well.

I would be interested to learn what other Acorn compatible interfaces also
permit this cross platform activity.

-- 
Michael Carey