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In article <4cp7av$f7@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, primal@vt.edu (Primal Scream) says:
>Where does one find out these things? Syquest's own executives!  Their
>quarterly report featured a statement whereit was said that they were
>losing around 100$ per drive, and that the disk supply might run low
>due to the disks being made from rejected 270 carts.  If they run out
>of rejected material, the price will go up, unless Syquest is willing
>to take even more losses.

Someone else kindly emailed the info you mentioned.  I appreciate info
that is qualified by its source.  There are a lot of rumors that float
around the net.  Based on this, I think I'll go buy a few more disks
just in case.  Currently they are in plentiful supply.

>I don't bad mouth the EZ, I just give all the reasons to buy
>a Zip instead.  It's not hard to sell someone on the Zip, from what
>I've seen.  The salesmen at Software etc. tried to sell me an EZ, but
>I convinced them that the Zip was the better product. Trained
>salesmen!  Everywhere I went over Christmas in Northern VA, I saw
>plenty of EZs, and NO Parallel Zips.  Except the ONE reveal Zip at
>Sears.  Speed tests are largely irrelevant, the home user market wants
>simplicity, which means Parallel Port.  No SCSI, No IDE.  That's the
>decisive factor.

Actually the decisive factor is an individual decision.  Thats why it's
important to state the pros and cons of each product objectively.  Since
speed was the decisize factor for me, I think I would have been very
unhappy if I was swayed to buy a ZIP drive by getting a one-sided
impression.

John Anderson