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In <4c1qio$ae8@natasha.rmii.com>, mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon) writes:
>Joe Kearney (tuf@cyberspy.com) wrote:
>: An example:  We attempted to use the ZIP drive to store about 100 megs
>: of .WAD files (we like net Doom at work) and run them right off the
>: ZIP.  This doesnt work very well with the parallel model.  The game
>: pauses for a sec while the data is transfered from the ZIP as you
>
>If you expect anything close to decent performance from a parallel port
>drive of ANY kind.... I wish Iomega didn't even offer the parallel port
>version - people then tend to compare the parallel port version of the Zip
>to the SCSI EZ and think they've actually made a valid comparison! Then 
>the Zip gets the bad reputation.
>
>: Now if Syquest comes up with a parallel version of the EZ, that might
>: be something to argue about.  Of course the ZIP would be much lighter
>: and easy to handle...arg, now here I go!
>
>I say go far beyond EZ if you're interested in personal non-portable storage.

gee, I bought an EZ135, dismounted it from its case and put it in a floppy drive
bracket inside one of my computers on a SCSI controller and it works great!
I don't dare about portability, I DO care about a:stability, b:performance
for portable stuff, I tend to simply deploy yet another copy of whatever
drive I'm using, my clients tend to be such that this works out well, 
they say "what do i use" and I say 'x' and at that point, a standard is agreed
upon and implemented. :)

currently its, 88meg syquests, EZ135s, Colorado Jumbo 250s, Archive 525S's
and HP 35480A DATs depending on who needs what. 

works out well.  but then that's my situation, other people may not have the 
luxury of being able to dictate transport media.

The EZ135 has proven its self reliable, fast and stable, and the cartridges are
DIRT FRAGGING CHEAP!!!!

:)
cheers


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