modern removable media drives

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Nov 12 07:08:32 1998

< >>> On the other hand, I've had nothing but good luck with ZIP drives (w
< >> I won't use zip drives either. I refuse to use an undocumented device
< >> store my data. When somebody produces a service manual and a bit-leve
< >> description of the disk (as I have for all my minicomputer drives) th
< >> I'll consider it.

I have a Syquest 270mb removable(parallel port) I was given and it works
just fine and I use it for shuffling things between systems and all. It
seems durable but, I take care with it as I only have a dozen disks for
it. I've always considered removable media a bit more risky be it
RL02, RM0x, RP0x or RA60 and while all have a good track record they
take a bit of care to insure that. I also have a RL02 and in the over
10 years I've only had one bad pack (damaged) and never a head crash.
I'd think 15 year old (age of that drive!) 14" removable harddisk
technology would be more suspect than modern carts.

Oh, that Syquest was used as a field backup for a laptop for nearly a year
before I got it. It was retired as the guy finally got a laptop that had
more than a 200mb drive.

Allison
Received on Thu Nov 12 1998 - 07:08:32 GMT