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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chucky who wrote (42677)	1/7/1998 5:07:00 AM
From: d-fndr	Respond to of 58324

Zip/Jaz endorsement by Craig Crossman, sindicated columnist and "host of weekly radio show Computer America." In the Gainesville, FL, Monday business section, in a piece discussing the importance of backup, he says: "Don't learn this lesson the hard way. Some of the more popular examples of backup drives include Iomega's Zip and Jaz drives. "These use special disks and any informationon them can be accessed immediately." The focus of the article is actually a VCR (yes, VCR) based product called "Backer 32." According to the article, "Backer 32 enables a PC user to store computer data on standard videotape via an ordinary VCR." The significance of the article to me is that he didn't mention Syquest or Imation when he refered to "examples of backup drives." Of course, Rocky, Mr. Crossman must not be a very well informed journalist because he was silent as to all the "problems" Zip and Jaz owners experience.

To: Chucky who wrote (42677)	1/7/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>Spank, I was just wondering why there aren't any mini-disk data storage devices. They are pretty small, but I assume they consume more energy with the magneto optical media.<< Chucky - Sony has been making MiniDisc data drives for at least a couple of years now. As I recall, they hold 128MB per disk (formatted). Read/write speeds are quite slow, and they are fairly expensive devices. Still, I think they could have been a pretty big hit if they had ever been marketed correctly. You might be able to find out more about them by looking at Sony's website. Search for MD Data. Or maybe I'll go do that now and report back. - Allen