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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.


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