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Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135

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From: John Anderson
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 05:06
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In article <4dit02$b32@natasha.rmii.com>, mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon) says:
>
>Dale DePriest (daled@cds9172.Cadence.COM) wrote:
>: Wrong. EZ cartrides are bought individually or in packs of 3.
>: These are misleading prices.  Unit pricing for EZ is $20.00 and at a capacity
>: of 135Meg the print is $0.14.  Zip pricing is 3 for $50 or 10 for $150
>: which is being quoted above.
>
>I was quoting prices at my local stores including Computer City. I have 
>not seen these 3 packs of EZ carts yet and in single quantity they cost 
>(here) around $21 (either $20.95 or $21.95). I've seen people claim "$20" 
>but whenever I go I find that they are rounding down from the prices I 
>just stated (I guess adding that 95 cents really DOES work ;-) ).
>
>The point, however, is that there is no significant savings for EZ 
>cartridges over Zip.

In Dale's posting he claims the capacity of the EZ is 135MB.  However I
believe that is the unformatted capacity.  I always get 127MB from my
EZ disks.  Also, Maxwell I'm really sorry the prices are higher where you
live, but I really do get EZ media for $20 at Egghead ($19.98 I think).

johna
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Subject: Re: ZiP -vs- EZ135
Date: 18 Jan 1996 05:06:10 GMT
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