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Re: Syquest Syjet Compatability

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From: Roosevelt Jones
Date: Sun, 20 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)

It may be worth noting that Dennis is from the U.K. (I presume) and there
is a U.K. version of MacWorld.

I have seen locally the extra cartridge promotion mentioned in another reply.

Roosevelt
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From: rjonesii@aol.com (Roosevelt Jones)
Subject: Re: Syquest Syjet Compatability
Date: 1997/07/20
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