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

To: Michael Coley who wrote (49548)	3/8/1998 10:41:00 AM
From: Les White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Who's payroll is Rocky on? Ever wonder why someone would spend so much time and energy drolling out the same negative crap on IOM post after post? Well, I doubt it's SYQT, that would be too obvious. Let's look at cause and effect to find out who the real beneficiary is. When Rocky wines about how the sky is caving in on IOM, Zip is petering out, Jazz is a horse and buggy, and Click will never happen, what is the effect? Seems to be half a dozen posts showing how he is largely full of "stuff". All he has to do is make a couple of credible statements now and then and surround them with generous portions of bear dung to trigger a bull avalanche. If IOM benefits as much from "internet hype" as people seem to think they do then what better catalyst exists on this thread to generate IOM bull posts? So my guess is that Rocky's studio is really crammed with zip and jazz drives and boxes full of carts gratis the IOM marketing dept. They never bought such cheap advertising. Les

To: Michael Coley who wrote (49548)	3/8/1998 12:58:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

VST Zip Drive wins Windows Sources Magazine Stellar award Sorry, it's not online yet. I had to type this from the mag. From Windows Sources, April 1998 p. 74 VST Tech's Zippy Solution Vst Technologies has successfully repackaged Iomega's Zip 100 storage technology for high-end IBM ThinkPads with its Zip100 Drive. This device is designed to be inserted in the ThinkPad's UltraBay. We tested the $349.95 Zip100 with a ThinkPad 760CD under Windows NT 4, Windows 95, and the beta of Windows NT 5; and we got the performance we'd expect from an IDE Zip drive. The Zip100 Drive was easy to install. First we popped out the device that came in the UltraBay, and replaced it with the Zip100. Under Windows 95 and Windows NT 5 (Beta 1), Plug and Play found the new hardware and installed the proper drivers before reading the bundled Zip disk, so we could install bundled Zip Tools. Under Windows NT 4, we had to run an installation utility, which we copied along with drivers from a floppy disk to the hard disk. Under all the operating systems, the ThinkPad recognized the Zip100 as a removable media device and treated it as a local hard disk. Under both NT operating systems, we had to wait until the OS confirmed a shutdown before we could remove a Zip disk. When we removed a Zip disk before the "Safe to turn off your computer" message appeared, we got a system error, as NT couldn't confirm that all writes to the drive were complete. Though it's a little pricey (a standard Zip drive only costs about $129), the Zip100 greatly improves a ThinkPad's mobile storage options and makes it easy to exchange large chunks of data between your ThinkPad and any Zip-enabled desktop - David Chernicoff ABOUT . . . VST TECHNOLOGIES ZIP100 DRIVE PROS: Ease of Installation; adds on-board Zip technology to high-end ThinkPads. CONS: Pricey The Zip100 Drive offers a convenient and easy way to add Iomega's popular Zip storage Technology to your ThinkPad. Company: VST Technologies, Inc., Acton, MA Price: $349.95 OS Support: Win NT 4 and 5, Win 95 URL: www.vsttech.com Phone: 978-263-9700 Product Info: www.winsources.com/infolink ; reader service card 002 For related articles: www.hardwareuser.com