Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:07:24 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> Cc: Edward Beili <edward@cpm.telrad.co.il>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Iomega Zip vs. SyQust EZ135 ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960226170539.10658B-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <96Feb26.114027est.20481-1@janus.border.com>
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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Jerry Kendall wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Edward Beili wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Jerry Kendall wrote: > > > > > At work we have a Zip drive, at home I have the EZ135... > > > > > > EZ135: faster, more capacity, true SCSI... > > > ZIP: ?????? > > > > > > And I have access to both... > > > > What about reliability of the drives and the media? > > > Warrantee is for 5 years... > > > Can you use parallel port version with FreeBSD? > > > Have'nt tried the Zip with FreeBSD.... > EZ135 works great though... I have, I have zip working through the 50 pin ribbon connector on the back of my Adaptec 1542C, and it works fine. Not slow, has been reliable. Probably a lot slower if you use the parallel port version. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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