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Iomega:Zip drives - a "standard" for the PC?
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81 Tom, you claim the IDE Zip was designed to be bootable but the Iomega home pagePhilip Ngai-5/6/1996
80 The Eide Zip can Definitely be the boot drive. It was designed to be the boot uolduser-5/6/1996
79 RE: DOS mounters. There are three "DOS disk mounters" available forTroy Shaw-5/5/1996
78 Guy, from my conversation last week with a salesman at COMP USA, the option to Bob Mundt-5/5/1996
77 Jay, A second possibility has to do with the Zip drive itself. Remember how tBob Mundt-5/5/1996
76 Hi Jay, "Bob, you seem to know a little about Zips and Macs." Jay, Bob Mundt-5/5/1996
75 Bob, you seem to know a little about Zips and Macs. I have a SCSI Zip drive wJay Chaffin-5/5/1996
74 Opps. Limit that to PC's. I have no Mac experience. I do not know how toGuy Gordon-5/4/1996
73 Of course you can boot from a Zip drive. On a Macintosh, open the Startup DiskBob Mundt-5/4/1996
72 I figured on booting from the IDE version of Zip. But in one message on this bGuy Gordon-5/4/1996
71 If you can't boot from a Zip drive, how can it replace all floppies?Philip Ngai-5/4/1996
70 Clint, The "conservative" approach in making cash on a hot stock: PRoy Snodgrass-5/4/1996
69 It's ironic that zip is more threatened by the LS-120 than the EZ-135. TheJason Wortham-5/3/1996
68 Yes, Iomega *was* just about dead two years ago. It took new managment and newGuy Gordon-5/3/1996
67 Guy, I am not trying to start rumors. It is a fact. No syquest is not dead. I rDeCoda-5/3/1996
66 Phillip, This ID 5/6 thing is weird but hey, I can live with it....... Its niceJohn S. Esguerra-5/3/1996
65 According to Iomega's home page, the Zip is available in two internal modelPhilip Ngai-5/3/1996
64 Peter, are these rumors you heard, or ones you want to start? Yes, Syquest is Guy Gordon-5/3/1996
63 Rumor!? Syquest ready to start shipping 230MB SCSI and parallel. Sleek packageDeCoda-5/3/1996
62 And the vanquished return: Ad for SyQuest in CRN Apr 29, 1996. Half-page, B&aGuy Gordon-5/2/1996
61 The enemy has been sighted! First advert for LS-120 disks spotted in CRN Apr 2Guy Gordon-5/2/1996
60 Here is a news clip!! Reuters News Story: Iomega (NASDAQ:IOMG) up on shortcovTech Investor-5/1/1996
58 To All, If Zip drives become standard, don't you think the Zip media priceMilt Best-5/1/1996
57 Well, for one thing, it *won't* cost the same as the Zip. The LS-120 is goGuy Gordon-5/1/1996
56 That is exactly correct. Why should buyers have a 1.4 disk drive and a Zip wheolduser-4/30/1996
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