From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 18 06:06:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA01237 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 06:06:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [206.28.134.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA01232 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 06:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (ksmm@shell1.cybercom.net [206.28.134.6]) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA21146 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:06:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA13612 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:06:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:06:39 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: optical drives In-Reply-To: <199704180309.MAA21105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.