In a message Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: << Far FAR more computers have CD drives or USB ports than have Zip drives. In fact, Zip drives are becoming a rarity. And if you think they're tough you never got a click-o death Zip. In my experience Zip drives are mildly more reliable than floppy disks. (Syquest's EZ-Drive 135 MB disks were much faster and more reliable, if less well known and advertised. Zip drives are a monument to 'mediocrity, well advertised'triumphing over technical superiority.) >>
------------------ Agreed; still many of my clients supply files on Zip's. So I need the Zip 250/100 drives to read their files. As far as the SyQuest EZ 135's I wholeheartedly agree. They are built like a tank and I still have some in daily use. If anyone ever has the opportunity to take a zip drive and a SyQuest EZ 135 apart you will see the difference in quality. Not recommended unless you are doing an autopsy on a dead drives. Both can be problematic to reassemble. Iomega created the ZIP to compete with the SyQuest removable drives. Iomega had their Bernoulli drives which had far superior technology but were losing market share the SyQuest big 5 1/4 inch removable carts that dominated the graphics arts industry in the 90's. Then SyQuest came out with smaller the EZ 135 cart. And then Iomega created the ZIP. I remember (forgot the year) at MacWorld Expo in Boston that Iomega had a huge banner draped 3 stories down the side of the exhibition hall to introduce the ZIP drive. Since most of my clients had SyQuest drives I bought the EZ 135. Next thing I knew everyone bought into ZIP drives. At the time I thought that was a bad call. Now I really appreciate the EZ 135. Then SyQuest shot themselves in the foot with their larger drives most notably the SparQ 1 GB which had many failures and to a lesser extent the SyJet 1.5 GB both can create a hardware condition somewhat similar to a virus where a drive can destroy a cart; then the damaged cart if inserted into a good drive would destroy the drive -- very nasty. I still have a button (the kind you pin on your shirt) from likely the last SyQuest trade show booth at the New York Macworld Expo that proclaims "Thing Gig" promoting their SparQ drive -- kind of a joke now. Meanwhile Iomgea moved on to the 1GB and 2 GB Jaz Drives which some users find quite reliable. Probably more trivia on ZIP's and EZ drives than you ever wanted to know --glen (digest) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
