Hello Lynn,

Monday, August 23, 1999, 8:08:37 PM, you wrote:

L> I'm toying with the idea of getting a zip drive for backing up my stuff on
L> my computer, and i was wondering if there was any real big differences i
L> should consider between a zip drive or a jaz drive? is one better then the
L> other?

zip is getting small for backing up stuff - 100 M disks, 80 disks for
a 8G drive... (maybe 30-40 with compression)
go for Jaz...

or, if you'd like to try something new and promising, get a Castlewood
Orb internal or SCSI or USB. Parallel Orb is no better than Zip, only larger
disks.

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