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Re: ZIP drives in Australia?

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From: Scott Kinnane
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <BJLIG1.139.000F7DE0@cfs03.cc.monash.edu.au>,
BJLIG1@cfs03.cc.monash.edu.au (Dark Knight) wrote:

> In article <jhawkins01853950605151919@tardis.apana.org.au> Justin
Hawkins <jhawkins@tardis.apana.org.au> writes:
> >From: Justin Hawkins <jhawkins@tardis.apana.org.au>
> >Subject: ZIP drives in Australia?
> >Date: Wed, 05 Jul 95 15:19:19 CDT
> 
> >Is there anywhere is Australia I can get hold of a ZIP drive? Or
> >haven't they made it here yet because of the massive demand for them
> >in the US?
> 
> Call me an ignorant, but what's a ZIP drive?
> 
> I think it's supposed to be a hardware based compressed floopy drive??
Don't think and you'll get it right. :)

> How many MB can it take?
94meg/cartridge

Its a cool little removable harddrive using SCSI or IDE - very cheap
(compared to competition) and not a slouch speed wise either.

If you want to read a review on them, have a look at July edition of ACAR
(Australian Commodore and Amiga Review - yes thats right AMIGA). It also
lists a couple of places that sell it (if any in stock).

hope that helps

scott

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                               Scott Kinnane
                               skinnane@acs.uwa.edu.au
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From: skinnane@acs.uwa.edu.au (Scott Kinnane)
Subject: Re: ZIP drives in Australia?
Date: 1995/07/24
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