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

To: gil schmidt who wrote (7899)	3/3/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: Daniel L. Schuster	Respond to of 10072

I don't think the combo drive spanned the transition period at all. If memory serves me, the 3.5 started appearing about 1984 (or 85) as a separate drive. At that time the disks cost $4 or $5. I don't know remember what the drives cost, but I'll bet it was around $100 or more. The combo drives were rare and never popular to my knowledge. I suspect they weren't popular because the typical desktop had plenty of bays to put in another drive, they were expensive and reliability was 'iffy'. I believe the combo drive peaked around 91 or 92 when it was clear the transition was in progress. I believe the Zip drive is about where the 3.5 was around 88 or so...right on the edge of becoming the overwhelming choice as the replacement for the 3.5. I've been holding for 2 years and admit that I'm disappointed. If it isn't clear by a year from now that the Zip is the replacement, then I'll sell and take my lumps. If it is clear then I'll hold for profits. Dan Schuster