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Re: Syquest Syjet Compatability

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From: Yaung-Moon Cho (Doug)
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 00:00
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In article <8thweek-ya02408000R1907971707290001@news.wco.com>,
*8thweek@wco.com wrote:

~In article <d-summer-0307970759180001@194.83.182.134>,
~d-summer@nimr.mrc.ac.uk (Dennis Summerbell) wrote:
~
~> We tried to order a Syjet last week. Our supplier claims that they are now
~> definitely out of production, Syquest is irretrievably bust, and they
~> recommended a third party look-alike (D2).  There's a big MacWorld report
~> due out on removeables in the current issue. Mine hasn't arrived yet but
~> there is a report on the macWorld Web Page. 
~
~has anyone else heard anything about this?  the above is the only reference
~to syquest's demise that i've seen; my search of www.macworld.com didn't
~turn up anything.
~
~i'm seriously considering buying a syjet, so this issue is a big one for
~me.  thanks for any/all info...
~
~elizabeth
~8thweek@wco.com (w/o the asterisk)


Syquest is alive and kicking. In fact, Syquest recently announced that
they will be giving away a free 1.5GB Syjet disk to new purchasers of the
Syjet drive between July and October.

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From: hodori@shore.net.REMOVE_TO_REPLY (Yaung-Moon Cho (Doug))
Subject: Re: Syquest Syjet Compatability
Date: 1997/07/19
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