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Jim Armstrong (jma2@erinet.com) wrote:
: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon) wrote:
: >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 there's a typical gamer's reaction....  To hell with people that do 

How so? Because I'm interested in performance I'm a gamer? Since when 
have I said "to hell with people that do real work" - I'm not one to tell 
myself to go to hell.

: real work on their pc's!  And what "people .. tend to compare"  or is it 

That's all I'm talking about: real work where time is money. Gamers can 
afford a slow drive. Who care about gamers? They can take care of themselves.

: that I know more than a gamer about a pc's hardware, even though it's 
: right there in the book? 

What are you talking about? This thread is titled Zip vs. EZ and you go 
right into how slow the parallel port Zip drive is compared to the EZ. 
Well of course it is, but compare apples to apples, not oranges.

: I wouldn't have bought the ZIP if it hadn't been parallel.... If some of 
: you guys have been doing _real work_ and struggling with dorky and 
: unreliable Colorado Systems backup and configuration tapes you'd 
: understand what a godsend the parallel port ZIP is.

Maybe you should have invested in a much better SCSI tape or optical
backup system.  The parallel port Zip may be a godsend for users with low
end machines, but it's pointless to settle for it. Buy a decent SCSI host
adaptor and start using professional solutions if you're doing 'real work'
The parallel port Zip drive is a nice solution for low end systems. Fine. 
However, I consider the SCSI Zip a wonderful replacement for the
_3.5" floppy drive_ in high end systems. For backup I'd still recommend an
optical drive, a SCSI DLT, or a fast SCSI tape drive.

If you aren't interested in SCSI, remove 'comp.periphs.scsi' from the 
newsgroups and followup-to lines next time.