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Article #69064Re: Iomega ZIP drive
From: Rick Monroe
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
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Stuart Millington <phupp@wormhole.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article: <828920173.7277@sgha2.demon.co.uk> andy@sgha2.demon.co.uk (Andy Moreton) >writes: >> Peter Disdale <Pete@pdlmail.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >On a separate tack, what do you (or anyone else for that matter) >> >think of the Iomega drive? >> >> I think it's great. I've only had mine for about a month so it may be >> too soon to judge, but it seems very reliable. Unlike tape drives I >> have come across, it is actually possible to restore from the Zip! >> Speed-wise it isn't in the same league as a hard disk, but certainly >> much faster than tape. Ideally I would want disks bigger than 100Mb, >> but you can't have everything I suppose. > Ahem ! When my Colorado T1000e was working it was a LOT faster Have you seen the file at the Iomega site that will help you speed up your Zip Drive? I can't remember the exact procedure, however I have the same tape drive and my Zip Drive is much faster now. Give it a try, it worked for me! Good Luck.than this >ZIP drive, but win'95 tends to refuse to talk to it now - no apparent reason :-) >That aside, the ZIP drive is very useful, if a bit slooowww. All I need now is >to get work to buy one so I don't have to move my work around on 3or4 floppies ! >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| Stuart Millington EMail phupp@wormhole.demon.co.uk | >| Mail sent via Demon Internet - Full IP for 10/Month Tel:0181 371 1234 | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,5037baacd6b87472 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public From: rickm100@ix.netcom.com (Rick Monroe) Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP drive Date: 1996/04/14 Message-ID: <4ksq1p$fig@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 147777518 references: <828144665.25442@sgha2.demon.co.uk> <828894229snz@pdlmail.demon.co.uk> <828920173.7277@sgha2.demon.co.uk> <719638502wnr@wormhole.demon.co.uk> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Sun Apr 14 11:23:53 PM PDT 1996 newsgroups: demon.tech.pc