Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135

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From: Primal Scream
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 04:22

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global1.net (asterisk) wrote:

>A few differences: Zip uses floppy type cartridges -in a rigid case- and
>the EZ uses hard drive type disks in its cartridges. The EZ is a little
>faster when getting data off its cartridges. Price nearly the same these
>days and the cartridges are the same price. The EZ cartridge holds a bit
>more data (after you reformat it) than does the Zip drive cartridge.  

And on the other side, the Zip is available in a Parallel port model
with Internals soon behind, one of which has a 1.44mb FDD riding
piggyback.  Zip also has a huge owner base and several vendors lined
up to produce disks, which means disk price will likely drop.

Any questions about the Zip, just E-mail me.

-Primal Scream / Terraformer

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From: primal@vt.edu (Primal Scream)
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Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 04:22:00 GMT
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