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On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Marty Wolfe wrote:
> BTW, where did you buy you ZIP from and when?

I got mine from MacWareHouse way back in March....


> Can you boot from it on the Mac?

YES. That's one thing I REALLY like about having it hooked up to my
Mac...I do consulting and when I need to set my client's computers, I just
hook up my Zip drive...I have ALL the things I need (System 7.5, System
7.5.1 Update, HD utils/formatters/etc, popular software, etc...) in Disk
Image format and I just boot up using the Zip and install what I need and
what the client purchased (as far as software)...MUCH faster than using
floppy installs or even a CD-ROM...also, when I boot for the zip, I can do
what I want to the internal hard drive because is NOT the boot drive...
I can unmount, reformat, repair, install w/o having to reboot (for like 
NSI, ATM, etc...any program that forces you to reboot after install)


On a tangent....

I hope that the Zip becomes "standard" equipment as far as mass media
goes...the Floppy disk REALLY, REALLY, REALLY needs to be put out to
pasture...in 1995 (the era of 25+ disk programs), 1.4 Megs of storage is
REALLY useless...a low cost 25/100 Meg unit is ideal. Also better than 
CD-ROM in some cases...

For example, say I buy Photoshop 3.01 and it comes on one 25 Meg Zip disk
instead of a CD-ROM...when Photoshop 3.1 or whatever comes out, I can
reformat my Zip disk and USE IT. Unlike a CD-ROM, after v3.1+ comes out,
the CD-ROM just becomes 100% useless (which adds to the worldwide trash
collection which leads to global warming...uh..nevermind)...well, I guess 
you can re-use old CD-ROMs for super-geeky coasters :)


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