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To: tombet who wrote (373)	7/2/1998 4:08:00 PM
From: David S.	Respond to of 10072

Tombet, I have a question. Yesterday someone showed me an external Zip they bought for a IBM clone and according to the literature, it was outfitted with only a SCSI port -that is- it wasn't a Zip plus or a Zip parallel, yet it was for IBM type machines. Is this a new product or what? Regards, David S. Still waiting for an answer from Vanni-the-Fanni or Rock-the-Broken-Crock. Deny, deny, but please don't lie. The gods of iomegadom are watching.

To: tombet who wrote (373)	7/2/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: BBG	Respond to of 10072

>>>any good arguments in buying an external vice internal zip?<<< TOM... I bought a ZIP PLUS external a couple of weeks and love it... I bought an external because I have a desktop at the office and a laptop at home... The external allows me to use the ZIP PLUS with both computers. The biggest advantage to the internal drives is that they are cheaper and faster but if you want to share files between computers you'll need an internal in each... JD

To: tombet who wrote (373)	7/2/1998 6:06:00 PM
From: Tom Carroll	Respond to of 10072

RE: Internal vs. External Tombet, There are four main considerations: installation hassle, portability, speed, cost. If you don't mind opening your PC and fiddling for fifteen minutes, then consideration one is insignificant, but if you do, then go with the external. If you have to use the Zip on more than TWO machines, or on one desktop and one laptop, then go with an external, but go with an internal for a single machine or with two internals (same price as an external Zip Plus, and faster) if you're only concerned with two desktops. If you don't want slow speed, avoid the external parallel Zip drive, which is much, much slower than the alternatives. And for cost, the internal's a good bit cheaper than all the other alternatives. In other words, make the internal ATAPI drive your default choice and only take an alternative route if the installation hassles, the number of machines you want to use it on, or the inclusion of a laptop in your mix forces you to an external choice. And if you go external, try to go external SCSI instead of external parallel, which is S-L-O-W. This comes from my use of two internals, one parallel external, and one SCSI external, and it assumes you have a Windows PC, not a Mac. If you have a Mac, I'm not the one to give you good advice. Cheers, Tom (long IOM)