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Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:55
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In article <4cp7av$f7@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, Primal Scream <primal@vt.edu> wrote:
> Me too.  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!

You know the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman?

The used car salesman knows he's lying.

> 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.

I'm a home user and I wouldn't by anything but SCSI. No parallel port, no
IDE. Ick, the very idea.
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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:55:24 GMT
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