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Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Colvin who wrote (484)	7/12/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: greg cedell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

I would love to get rid of my 1.44 floppy drive . But if it is so important than I think there would be a big demand For a usb external connection in the 1.44 when you need it just plug it in. I might even buy one. I would not buy a combo drive. I would love to get rid of the 1.44 drive altogether Best idea buy an internal zip and an external 1.44 with the easy usb connection plug it in when you need it!!!!

To: David Colvin who wrote (484)	7/13/1998 12:28:00 PM
From: Mel Boreham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

David, Great well written post! I found your experiences valuable to all who read them. I am looking forward to seeing the new USB models of the Zip and Jaz due to come out later this year as your use of the Jaz for HD backup sounds very easy to do and foolproof. I was glad to hear that the business world has "caught the IOMEGA virus" and I hope it becomes an "epidemic"! I hope that IOM can come up with a way to get new users with OEM drives to promote more Zip purchases. I also know someone who bought a new NEC computer with a built-in Zip and I had to encourage him to even use it let alone buy more Zip disks. He has finally discovered how neat it is to store scanned photos on Zips now that he added a flatbed scanner to his system. I really think he is glad to have it now. Let's hope that the Clik! drive gets to market on time and that they work out the kinks so that it doesn't have to worry about technical problems such as the Click of Death that the Zip drive suffered. See you later, Mel