[plug] ZIP/JAZ/SPARQ drives

[Gavin Tweedie]

internal ones are standard IDE are they not?
and work with normal kernel with no modifications??

Gavin

On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Mike Holland wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Gavin Tweedie wrote:
> 
> > anyone have anything good/bad to say about internal jaz/zip or sparq
> > drives (the latter 2 are 1gb)?
> 
> I use Zip for backups, and they work well. The parallel port versions are
> said to be very slow though. Internal IDE versions are only $150 now.
> 
>  At $20 for 96MB its expensive for archiving, but less hassle than tapes,
> and i expect more reliable.
> 
> Jaz would be good for moving data around, but the media price compares
> poorly to a hard drive these days, if you dont need tough prtability.
> 
> 
> Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
> You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't
> pick your friend's nose.
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