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Subject: Re: SyJet vs. Jaz (or SyJet in general)?
From: "John Doe" <login@rmi.net>
Date: 1997/01/11
Message-Id: <01bc0009$0f388800$131d3bc6@cyan.rmii.com>
References: <32d7bddb.3274680@news.erols.com>
Organization: RMI
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Jason Livingston <jasonliv@erols.com> wrote in article
<32d7bddb.3274680@news.erols.com>...
> For the few of you who have gotten your SyJet 1.5GB, I have some
questions.
I have a Jaz, not a SyJet, but I'm interested in some comparative answers
too.
>
> First, how reliable is it? I've heard a lot of problems about the Jaz
drive.
> I'm looking for a backup solution.
Neither Syjet or Jaz is the best (cheapest) backup solution, they are both
designed
more for off-line access of extra data and programs.
> Second, how fast is it? The Jaz drive is fast enough for some of the
things I do
> but not others (like digital video @ 2MB/sec). Could the SyJet handle
that?
Yes, but so can the Jaz... According to iomega, the minimum sustained
transfer rate for the Jaz should be around 3.5Meg, and the one I have is
certainly as fast
as an average Hard Drive.
>
> Third, how easy is it to use? From what I've heard about the Jaz drive,
you just
> pop in a cartridge and a couple seconds later it's ready. But I've heard
that
> some Syquest drives have complicated loading/unloading levers and
switches. Or
> is the SyJet more like a Jaz drive?
The SyJet was designed to be as easy to load as the Jaz, older drives had
a lever
that you could use to lock down the cart in the drive; but the newer
drives do that
automatically as part of the loading process. |
