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Re: Iomega ZIP drive

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From: Rick Monroe
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 !

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From: rickm100@ix.netcom.com (Rick Monroe)
Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP drive
Date: 1996/04/14
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