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

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (44415)	1/22/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: Cameron Dorey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Andy, "I never trust my data on removable magnetic data storage including Zip, SparQ and tape drive..." Then, if you don't mind my asking, where do you keep it (assuming it won't fit in a convenient-sized notebook)? Cameron "If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?"

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (44415)	1/22/1998 4:14:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Andy, From what I understand, IOM evaluated backward compatibility with 1.4 MB floppies and made a reasoned decision not to go that route with the Zip. My guess is they had good marketing as well as technical reasons. In any case, the proof (of the pudding) is in the eating and time will answer that question better than we can. I would still like to know the reliability of the HiFD for both the 200 MB media and the 1.4 MB media since the design of the head and mechanics must be constrained by the need to be compatible with both media, must operate at different speeds, and must read data spaced and organized differently. It appears you can't answer those questions. If this thread had half the geeks of the main Intel thread, these questions would have been answered in detail in 1/2 hour of my questions last night. We need some help. Regards, David S. Long on Intel and Iomega

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (44415)	1/22/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: Troy Shaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Andy, <<(I never trust my data on removable magnetic data storage including Zip, SparQ and tape drive).>> I believe you have stated in the past that you use Magneto Optical drives, right? I don't see the "big" advantage. MO drives record their information magnetically, and read optically. That makes them succeptible to dataloss from a magnetic field, just like the other products you listed. <<Backward compatibility isn't that hard to achieve, in the worst case you just need an additional r/w head. >> That is an extreme over simplification. The motor must be able to handle speeds for the differing media. You must have a mechanism for loading and unloading two different heads. The tribology (head / media wear) is different for both media types. The gap between the head and the media must be different for both media types -- this is my big problem with HiFd's dual gap head. It seems to me that eather you have the floppy's over sized "head" too close to the HiFd 200MB media (wearing out the media), or the HiFd 200MB head is too close to the 1.44 media (destroying the head). I'm not saying there isn't a solution. I am just curious how they plan to deal with it. No matter how you slice it, I see putting dirty 1.44MB media in the drive as a problem. <<A friend of mine has a Compaq equipped with a LS-120, he never have any problem to use 1.44MB floppy. >> Your friend obviously hasn't ran serious stress tests against it. The LS120 does not have near the media wear life as the Zip.