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primal@vt.edu (Primal Scream) wrote:

>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.


And from what I've read and heard, the zip is more likely to become a
standard, as far as larger floppies go.  In my opinion, the
portability of the drive itself is not nearly as attractive as the
thought of being able to take your 100-meg floppy to you colleague's
house or office and know that he has a drive that will handle it.  



John