Hello Peter,

Thursday, October 07, 1999, 7:04:19 PM, you wrote:
PG> does anyone have an experience with /opinion of:

PG> The ORB drive has a capacity of 2.2 GB, more than any other product in
PG>                  its category. It's parallel interface (USB and SCSI versions are also
PG>                  available) make it incredibly easy to connect to any PC, and it's small
PG>                  size makes it totally portable.

The capacity statement is correct. "Incredibly easy to connect" it
won't be just like any other device - you will have to deal with the
printer in parallel, USB still has some problems, and SCSI connections
are all but "incredibly easy". But I haven't heard of any ORB-specific
installation problems.

The small size is a false statement - drive is same size as most of
its class.

The parallel connection will not be very fast, about 4-5 times
slower than SCSI or USB.

The PCBuild archive should have more posts on Orb, I remember all of
them were saying it's a good thing.

And, about portable: I've read that these Orb disks are quite fragile and
you should not drop them.

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