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

To: ALTERN8 who wrote (47843)	2/13/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 58324

Hey! Another E-Mu Fan! I have an Esi-32 Turbo with 32MB. I want a fully maxed out Emulator 4. Maybe when I get the nerve to actually take money OUT of my Brokerage account I will get one.But for now, my Esi serves me very well. Anyway, the only pieces of consumer musical gear that I know OEM Iomega is the new unreleased Roland Vs-840 Zip multitrack, and the E-Mu Esi-4000. The Syquest 270 was optional on my Esi-32, but I opted to use an external Syjet. Much better everything for about the same price. I know that Akai samplers have optional internal MO drives. These are very reliable. Indeed, you are correct in your observations about Iomega's reputation with musical gear being something to be desired. In fact, Roland last year dropped the Jaz as an option to their Vs-880 Multitracker because of serious problems with using them. Nothing beats a good, fast hard drive in use with musical gear, but if you must use removable storage, use the PC Magazine top-reviewed SCSI SyJet. Or, wait to see if Castlewood can deliver their 2.1 Gig Orb soon. Obviously, you can't use the Syquest SparQ, since it has no SCSI port. Either way, if you insist on using a Zip drive, you will find that 100MB gets eaten up really fast with samples and banks. Good luck with your Esi-4000!

To: ALTERN8 who wrote (47843)	2/14/1998 2:57:00 AM
From: Even1	Respond to of 58324

ALTERN8, Don't let our local thread kook sweet talk you, Rockhead has had it in for Iomega for a long time. Syquest is in major financial trouble and will be lucky to stay in business this year. Rocky snuck around the fact that there is professional gear that is using the Iomega Zip drive - 360 Systems Digicart. I'm not sure where we draw the line between pro and consumer anymore but a digital sampler isn't exactly a Circuit City cassette deck! 360systems.com Last time I looked (about 9 months ago), the newsgroups had plenty of people complaining about Syquest products, but you should probably check to see what is recent. Remember, if interchangability with other systems and longevity (financial health) of the company are important to you, steer clear of Syquest. Good luck, Even1