Okay,
I remember the time where the MD-Data drive was introduced. At that time,
it was quite competing and a good alternative for the Zip Drive. But:
1) MD-Data drive was about 2-3 times more expensive than a Zip Drive
2) Zip Drives could be hooked up to a Parallel port or a SCSI port, the
MD-Data drive needed a SCSI-2 port.
Both these two arguments are enough for all the people to buy the Zip Drive
with the Parallel interface. (//=~220kb/s, MD-Data =~ 150kb/s).
Let's face it, the only plus of the MD-Data drive was the higher capacity
and the fact it is a MO media. For the rest, Zip and others where far
ahead....
Cheers,
Ralph
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