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Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135

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From: John Anderson
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:05
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In article <DKxr0C.GoC@idm.com>, tmb@idm.com (Thomas M. Buccelli) says:
>} At my local Computer City, this is how the price breaks down:
>
>} Zip: $0.148 per megabyte ($14.95 each)
>} EZ : $0.163 per megabyte ($21.95 each)
>
>Are both bought in packs of 10? I saw some mention of the ZIPs
>costing this much when bought in packs of 10 ($149.50 ??).
>[... snip snip snip ...]

I buy the EZ cartridges in qty 1 for $20 at Egghead.  I have only
seen the Zip media @ $14.95 in qty 10 mail order.  This equates
to $20/127MB = $0.157 per meg.

John Anderson
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From: johna@magicnet.net (John Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
Date: 10 Jan 1996 13:05:53 GMT
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