Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:06:39 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: optical drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970418090020.13174A-100000@shell1.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: <199704180309.MAA21105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > has anyone done a side by side comparison of SyJet [1.5G] and Jaz? > > I haven't busted the door on my Jazz yet, and it gets quite a lot of > use. OTOH, I've had one cart die on me (media error) and another grow > at least one defect (I'm not sure if it's successfully mapped it, > although it claims to do ARRE and AWRE). > I have a jaz drive and I LOVE IT! By turning off my IDE hard drives, I can boot it just like a C: drive, which means I have cartridges for my various OSes, from DOS to FreeBSD. Oddly, I have had a couple of cartridges go bad on me, too, although one was my fault; on the plus side, I can tell you that your jaz drive will survive a fall of about one meter to the floor. The cartridge inside, however, will be toasted. As far as SyQeust's offerings go, their media is not as ubiquitous as iomega's. I can buy jaz cartridges anywhere--Lechmere, Circuit City, you name it. Also, their drive line has been through several changes, and they've dropped support for some of their models (like the EZ-135) leaving many customers (like me) stranded. From what I've seen, performance looks too close to pick nits. Choose your path wisely. Peace, K.S.
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