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Article #546Re: Jaz or SyJet?
From: Thomas In
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:00
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I'm using a SyQuest drive and it is faster than a Jaz and much much cooler than it. Why ask? Change for for a SyQuest drive! You'll be glade with SyQuest technology. david@net1.net (David) wrote: >In article <mng-ya02408000R2001971352000001@news.slip.net>, mng@slip.net >(Michael) wrote: >> Can anybody recommend which one should I buy for use on a PB5300cs? >> I heard that Iomega has a poor customers' service but it's more propular. >Jaz seems to be the market winner so disks and compatible equipment will >probably be easier to come by - >BUT (major caveat here) >If you're buying an externalJAZ drive get anybody's EXCEPT Iomega. There >has been a lot of discussion and unfavorable comment over on AOL about >this. Apparently Iomega to try and keep it ultra compact is using a >plastic case with no cooling fan and there are major heat problems with >prolonged operation. Some people have definitely lost data and had >cartridges blanked - they report cartridges being ejected almost too hot to >hang on to. Pro-Max and APS have been using steel cases with cooling fans >and have no such problem. We have several users of no-Iomega Jaz drives >with nothing but rave reviews on both. >David >-- >Kervorkian Virus - helps your computer shut down whenever it wants to. From: Thomas In Email: thomasin@hotmail.com URL: http://www.datat.com/tin/ City: Hong Kong +852
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107dd4,f73fb722897d6207 X-Google-Attributes: gid107dd4,public X-Google-Thread: 100b6e,f73fb722897d6207 X-Google-Attributes: gid100b6e,public X-Google-Thread: 1005d0,f73fb722897d6207 X-Google-Attributes: gid1005d0,public X-Google-Thread: f85c2,f73fb722897d6207 X-Google-Attributes: gidf85c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10c4d1,f73fb722897d6207 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4d1,public From: thomasin@hotmail.com (Thomas In) Subject: Re: Jaz or SyJet? Date: 1997/04/12 Message-ID: <5io5i4$mml@news.hk.linkage.net> X-Deja-AN: 234259484 References: <mng-ya02408000R2001971352000001@news.slip.net> <david-ya02408000R2001971954410001@news.net1.net> Organization: Freedom of Speech Reply-To: thomasin@hotmail.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.macintosh,hk.comp,hk.comp.chinese,hk.comp.mac