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

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (49930)	3/13/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: J Kurt Bonk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

HUGE ADD for Click disk, match pocket size 40mb unit for portables?????????????? WIRED 6.03. Anyone have any info about them?

To: AreWeThereYet who wrote (49930)	3/13/1998 3:40:00 PM
From: David S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Andy, I get your point about the hardware/software knowing when a sector is no longer rewrite-able. But again, so what!! Once you get a warning that a sector is bad on a disk, one, that means you probably lost data that is no longer recoverable, and two, you are going to be wary of that disk and want to stop using it. At that point, the disk becomes unusable as a rewrite-able disk even if your prior data is largely intact. Therefore, you may only get 50 or 100 uses out of a disk before it becomes "old" so to speak and you want to get off it. That is a lot different from a hard drive where you can reuse it for years on end and from what I have seen Zips are likewise quite reliable. Just no comparison to 1.4 MB floppies which routinely fail and CD disks which also go bad capriciously if less often. David S.