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Date:      Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:00:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: which is faster zip drive under FreeBSD: usb or parallel?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106260856500.26804-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010626170852.F79141@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On 2001-06-26, j mckitrick scribbled:

# Yes, i've been wondering when it would strike.  To make a long story short,
# i got the zip drive when i had windows on my laptop.  Then i made the
# switch.  Rather than scrap good hardware, i kept it, and i could also use it
# to move data from dos/windows machines to *nix easily.  I also like random
# access storage.

DVD-RAM ;-) hehe... j/k

I haven't touched a parallel port Zip drive in a long while, and always
had either an internal IDE, external SCSI or USB Zip Drive when I dealt
with those drive and FreeBSD.

# Has anyone used USB tape drives under BSD with success ?

I personally haven't.

-- 
Linh Pham
[lplist@closedsrc.org]

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