Re: Oh, HELL -- SyQuest Declares Chapter 11!

[martin.w6@ukonline.co.uk (Martin Wilson)]

On Sun, 08 Nov 1998 03:02:37 -0800, Chad Choi Lin
<chadlin@nyetcom.com> wrote:

>I don't know if this information will be of any use to the group (it
>certainly won't be welcome news) but I have received word that the
>venerable SyQuest corporation, makers of the much-lauded SparQ and SyJet
>disk systems, has gone bankrupt. So far the details of this unfortunate
>turn of events are sketchy, but it appears that this very worthy
>competitor to the Iomega corporation won't survive. Damn, and I was
>thinking of buying one of those SparQ drives for my newly built PC. :-(
>
Thats a real shame. I've got a couple of EZ135s and they've
given 100% satisfaction and always seem miles better than a
friends Zip Drive except for loading/unloading.

I wonder what the problem was, the marketing never seemed
that bad and the products are excellent. 

At least there should be some great offers on Syquests
drives now as they clear stocks. Eventually though I suppose
Iomega will ramp up there prices.

>Of course, based on the Apple II community as a precedent, it is
>possible that the SyQuest drive standards will live on through the
>loyalty of a large underground following of SparQ/SyJet users. Then
>again, maybe they will go the way of Beta videotapes....
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