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cathar@ACM.org wrote:
: The EZ135 has proven its self reliable, fast and stable, and the cartridges are
: DIRT FRAGGING CHEAP!!!!

The carts are much more fragile. Every head to head review I've read so 
far states that it wasn't too difficult to destroy an EZ cart while the 
Zip disks were solid as a rock.

When comparing SCSI to SCSI, the Zip isn't that much slower. On large 
transfers (e.g. 10MB at a time) the net speed difference is a few 
seconds, hardly noticable and a worthwhile sacrifice for far more 
reliable disks.

Further, Zip disks are $14.95 each for 100MB, and chances are they will 
get cheaper now that other companies are possibly entering the fold.

EZ carts are $20 - $21 each, but SyQuest charges $80 for a physically 
identical cartridge (SQ270) and I *don't* believe that adding one side to 
the disk justifies the difference. That tells me SyQuest is probably as low 
as they can go on the EZ disks and they only stand to stay at that price. 
For the bulk and unreliability of an EZ cart, it's not worth it.