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#195719From: Jim MaddoxMay 4, 1995 4:01 PM
>> BTW, have you looked at Iomega's new Zip Drive? I have one sitting right here. It's nice…a gigabyte of storage (on ten disks) for $150 is pretty hard to beat, especially with the drive's performance (almost 1MB/sec, while my A4000's IDE drive gets 1.1MB/sec). 🙂 But don't try to use it with a Dataflyer — I had to send mine back in exchange for an Oktagon, which seems nicer anyway (and it's SCSI-II :). About the only flaws I can find are that the spindown time is rather short (to conserve power and media life, I guess) and the lack of a power switch (you have to unplug it or use a multiplug to cut your whole system's power off at the same time). – Jim, on AP!
#195760From: Gayle Lee FairlessMay 4, 1995 11:31 PM
Jim, I have one on order from MicroWarehouse. I also ordered CrossDOS V6.0 from Safe Harbor to allow me to write files from my bridgeboard onto a cartridge with MSDOS format. I happened to get an IDE controller for my bridgeboard so I plan to use the SCSI Zip drive attached to my Amiga 2000HD with a GVP G-Force 030 (25 MHZ, MMU, FPU) accelerator. Sincerely, 04-May-95 at 10:24p (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Perfessor Fearless from the Rocket City!