Re: Re[2]: Storing data (Zip drives)

[Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:37:23 -0500, Walker, Arlen P wrote:

>      I have heard that the new breed of Zip drives will be able to connect
>      to a SCSI card AND a parallel port. I hope this is true because I
>      think they are miserably slow on parallel.
>
>Unless you're wanting to do both, a "new breed" isn't necessary, as they've
>been selling SCSI versions for as long as they've been selling parallel
>versions. (And you're right, the SCSI version is much faster.)

Yes, but it costs somewhat more for a second drive.  Actually, I believe
Zip "Plus" - the interchangeable SCSI/parallel version - is available
now.  Check Iomega's web page for details.


 Your friend and mine,
 Matt
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