Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135

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From: Bob
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:42

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>Just want to know if I bought Zip drive, which version (SCSI vs
>Parallel) should I purchase?  Some people told me that the SCSI
>version is faster, but the Parallel port version is more portable.  So
>I'm interested in knowing what much the speed difference was.  If the
>speed difference is small, the Parallel Port version seems to be
>better.



     Parallel port will be noticeably slower in moving data than SCSI. But
parallel port is portable, SCSI is essentially not.  You have to decide what is
important to what you want to do.

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Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:42:43 GMT
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