Re: Zip vs Syquest. Which?

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From: Frank Jukes
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:00

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In article <ant0222030b0yYVB@darwin.u-net.com>,
          dawsontp@darwin.u-net.com (Tim Dawson) wrote:

> 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?

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

According to the box - 29 millisecond seek time, up to 20Mb per minute
transfer rate.

In very vague terms, it seems much faster than a floppy and not a lot slower
than a Quantum Fireball.

It's fast enough not to be a problem.

Frank
-- 
Frank Jukes         Using a 200MHz Acorn Risc PC - *StrongARM* inside!

.. See that potti, That's your tower system that is.

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Subject: Re: Zip vs Syquest. Which?
Date: 1997/01/04
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