Re: SCSI Zip drive

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From: Stephan Greene
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 00:00

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shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields) wrote:
>In article <458rsc$d2i@news4.digex.net>,
>Master Mischief <warhurbp@access2.digex.net> wrote:
>> If you are deciding on one, it is definitely worth it.
>
>Are they still single-source?

Yes.  Syqyest's EZ-135 is an alternative.  I understand it is faster, and 
of the course, the capacity is nominal 35% more than the zip drive.

On the other hand, the Zip is small enough for me to use with my laptop 
(I use it for /usr/X11R6, /usr/man, /usr/doc, and /usr/local stuff).  The 
media is floppy-disk-like, and I've never (yet) lost data after dropping 
a disk.  Syquest's is (I think) Winchester hard-disk-based media, so a 
fall could cost you the disk and the data on it.

BTW, I just saw an (obviously early?) ad in one of the mail-order 
catalogs (Insight's?) for Iomega's Jazz drive - 500 MB-1 Gig on a 
removable (Winchester) platter.  Price was about $600 for the drive, 
availability will probably be like the Zip drive's - it'll be 
"unobtanium" for a while.

BTW-2:  I was at MicroCenter in Vienna yesterday.  Plenty of PC-format 
Zip disk 3-packs on hand, price was $45-$50 range.

Steve Greene
sgreene@access.digex.net

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