Another "minor" (according to an Iomega rep!) problem that can arise is that some Zips will only work in certain drives. (Sometimes only the one in which they were formatted originally.) So much for their advertised use for data transfer.
The "rep" had never heard of any use for the drives except for archiving for their assigned computer. (With roughly the same life as a standard floppy, this is not a very safe archive option!) This was a factory rep at COMDEX in Vegas a few years back. He also gave me the run around about the Iomega warranty replacement of Zip Drives. Said that the small ones that shipped in the 8600 weren't covered under the replacement program because they were OEM Apple. Apple said they were covered because they were Iomega production. Many others got replacements free from Iomega, which tells me 1. The rep didn't know his business, or 2. Iomega got tired of replacing their bad products and stopped honoring their word. Never got a replacement and finally wrote off Iomega as worthless. Impressed me so much that I will never buy anything else from Iomega. Hurray for CDRW. I haven't used any of my Zips for a long time now. (Other than 1 that is used as the termination device on the end of an external SCSI chain!) David Allen > Sounds like the click of death, which means the DRIVE is dying or has died. > > My wife's 7220 (4400) has problems with some floppies, even after I > format them on my 9600, her machine says they are unreadable, do I > want to initialize them? So false error messages can occur too. -- 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/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
