On November 03, 2002 5:30 PM, Howie S responded: on 11/3/02 2:33 PM, Mark Jay Mirsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<SNIP> > I am slowly leaning away from SCSI having just ruined my last Syjet, in > yanking drives in out trying to burn that CDRW--very sad. I had grown attached > to it as a fast backup. Sorry to hear that, keep an eye on the OWC web site... http://eshop.macsales.com ... I was going to buy a blank SyJet disk there, and discovered they had new SyJet drives for a little more than the cost of a blank disk. The drive comes with one blank disk, so it made more sense to just buy another SyJet. Like you, I find they are a pretty good backup device, although like you discovered, they are a bit fragile. But so are the Iomega Jaz drives. -Howie To which I add, While I agree that SyJets may be a little delicate, both of mine, one internal and one external are doing fine after years of service (as is my JAZ). I would suggest, however, that these drives (and Orb, JAZ, etc.) are not really intended for daily use. They are more for 'off-line' storage that is readily accessible. My Orb drive has reminded me of this from time to time if I overuse it; as if it were a 'real' hard drive. I'm fairly certain that Mark was, at least in the past, using his SyJet as a full time HD. And Mark, I assume that your reference to moving to FireWire from SCSI refers to the fact that you are replacing equipment. The fact that it was a SCSI drive had nothing to do with its failure. But FW will definitely be easier to maintain and support moving forward. Keep in mind that the removable drives are much slower than fixed disk drives irrespective of the unit's interface. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
