In a message Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: << Hmmm...my experiences with my Syquest EZ135 drives were exactly the opposite. More reliable, faster and more capacity than Zip drives. Of all the disks I owned only one failed, and that because of an 8' drop onto hard concrete. I've had a lot more problems with Zip disks and drives. >>
This is getting away from the Jaz drive topic but yes all the old SyQuest drives from the 5 1/4 inch 44/88/200 MB carts to the 3 1/2 inch EZ 135 are still very reliable. I do disk conversions to CD for orphaned carts of this gender. The EZ 230 is a little less reliable. The big problem started with 1.5 GB SyJet where a defective drive could damage a disk and a damaged disk could destroy the drive. A sort of hardware virus problem. I still have a couple of working SyJets and some new SyJet unused carts. The 1 MB SparQ drive is perhaps the worst offender in the SyQuest line. Never had one and don't want one. For a story regarding the EZ 135 durability check out: http://www.geocities.com/glenstrek/syquest_ii.html Yeah, I wrote it. <<Zip drives were primarily a marketing victory over Syquest, not a technological one.>> Yes, definitely. I first saw the Zip drive at MacWorld Expo in Boston. They had a booth very near if not next to SyQuest booth. They had huge banners draping the outside of the exhibition hall. I was not impressed with the Zip and proceeded to buy my first EZ 135. Ironically the next year at the Boston expo I won an EZ 230 (selling for nearly $300 at that time) on a business card drawing at the SyQuest booth. And I could go on with experiences with removable media starting with the Iomega Bernoulli drive connected to an SE with OS 6. Those carts could be dropped from 6 feet to a cement floor with no damage. Ah, too many other experiences. Time to stop now. --glen (digest mode) -- 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
