Re: Zip drives
Scott Cain (scain@sdcc3.ucsd.edu)
Thu, 4 May 1995 11:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Recently there has been some interesting discussion over data storage. I
> wanted to ask if anyone has had experience with, or heard reviews, about the
> new Zip drive from Iomega. I read a flier from my favorite software store
> last night and the description demanded inquiry. It claims to be "totally
> portable" (ie. lightweight, small, and easy to use on multiple PC's). The
> initial cost is less than $200 and a three pack of discs is ~$50. There would
> be physically more discs than a 230MB Seagate or Bernoulli, but ~$500 for
> 2GB is a significant savings over other options. I'm curious as to the
> "portable" issue, as well as speed over other hardwardware. Thanks for your
> time.
>
> Christopher J. Groves
> Tumor Immunology Flow Cytometry
> Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
> Boston, Massachusetts
>
>
>From what I have read (primarily Mac related material), the Zip
drive is supposed to be wonderful. It is cheap (~$200), the media
is supposed to be cheap as well (I don't remember the price), and
will store about 100 Megs. It is supposed to be pretty fast
(almost as fast as a harddrive). The only serious drawback I can
remember is that it is limited to SCSI number 5 or 6 (coould be a
problem if you have many peripherals). All of this is, of course,
comlete hear-say (sp?) and inadmisable in court.
Scott Cain
ps I think the two sourses I read about it in where MacWeek and
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