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In article <828894229snz@pdlmail.demon.co.uk>, Peter Disdale
<Pete@pdlmail.demon.co.uk> writes

>On a separate tack, what do you (or anyone else for that matter)
>think of the Iomega drive?  I saw one for the first time a few days
>back and was very impressed at its (apparent) flexibility as a
>backup device for my PCs (I can live with a 100Mb backup disk).
>However, the views of salesmen and users sometimes differ :-)

The May "Computer Shopper" included the Iomega in a review of backup /
archive devices. It did not exactly get a glowing review. The drive was
described as comparatively slow (about 3.5 MB per min. via parallel
port), with too low a capacity for most backups (95 MB per disk) and
using expensive media (about 17 quid). 

Having seen one in action at my local Byte store, however, I think this
judgement was quite harsh. In fact, I ended up buying one :-) The drive
is very easy to switch between machines - as a method for backing up
several standalone PCs, it seems quite attractive. Most incremental
backups will fall within the capacity of a single disk. The ability to
quickly restore individual files (IMHO the commonest type of restore
request from developers and usually a pain with tape systems) is a big
plus. 

The Shopper review described the Iomega Zip drive as "commercially
successful" and also included two other Iomega devices, both tape
drives.

PS: Why are computer magazines released so far ahead of their cover
dates? The May Shopper was on the shelves on the 2nd of April !
-- 
Dave Malcolm, County Durham
E-Mail: dave@dmalcolm.demon.co.uk or dave@dmalcolm.u-net.com