Hi- I just thought I would throw in my 2cents: You may want to consider
looking at the Castlewood's 2.2Gig Orb Drive. I've had one now for about 3
months and it's great. The cost is pretty hard to beat too=$199 for the
drive itself and $29.99 for each 2.2G disk. You can check it out
at:http://www.castlewoodsystems.com/castlewood/web/index.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: Russell Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Zip or Jaz Drive


> Lynn wrote:
> >
> > I'm toying with the idea of getting a zip drive for backing up my stuff
on
> > my computer, and i was wondering if there was any real big differences i
> > should consider between a zip drive or a jaz drive? is one better then
the
> > other?
>
>
>    For me it is a really big difference. I bought one of the original
> Zip parallel drives when they first came out (they were so scarce I had
> a ten pack of Zip floppies for three weeks before my drive finally
> arrived...I felt like the Lone Ranger with plenty of silver bullets, but
> no six-shooter. *;-)
>
>   I used the dog out of my Zip drive for several years. Then I got a Jaz
> and my use of the Zip drive vanished. Mainly because I also bought the
> Traveller connectors which enabled me to use the best of both worlds
> (the parallel port capability of the Zip and the fast speed of the SCSI
> when I had a SCSI connection). Add in the fact that the Jaz disks were
> ten times the capacity and that was a big reason to forgo the Zip drive.
> My Zip drive sat on the shelf for over two years and I finally gave it
> to my brother. Iomega gave me another Zip Plus drive for some consulting
> work and I have it in case I ever need to read a Zip disk, but it is
> rarely used.
>
>   I use the Jaz for highspeed backups, transferring Windows CAB files to
> hard drives for installation purposes, and for mastering Symantec Ghost
> images (mainly at the DOS level using the Traveller connectors and the
> Guest.exe Iomega Tools file) . Quite frankly I consider the Jaz drive to
> be one of the most essential tools (next to a CD burner) for an advanced
> PC user or IT professional.
>
>   Now whether it is the best solution for you I can't say without
> knowing more about what you backup. If you need large fast backups then
> the Jaz is the way to go. If you have small backups a Zip will do just
> fine. Plus the price is much easier on the pocketbook for the Zip.
>
>
> Later,
>
> Russell Smith
> Region 14 ESC Abilene, Texas
> http://camalott.com/~rssmith
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
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