Re: Best Floptical (WAS Re: Test!)

[laer@nospam.customized.com (Laer Haider)]

Mike Morton <mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net> wrote:

>I purchased a 44 Syquest some time ago and it went out about 2 months after the
>warranty did.  I never purchased one after that but I think when the Orb by
>Castlewood systems comes out, that I will give that one a try.
>
>Steven W. Mentzer wrote:
>
>> >
>> >Yup, I had two flopticals, and both died about a month after their
>> >warranty did. I resolved never to buy an Iomega product again, and so far,
>> >I haven't.
>>
>> The IOMEGA Jazz Drives aren't too bad. They make great transports between work
>> and home, when I gotta bring a 4GB database home for weekend...  Zip up the
>> device, 900MB, fits on one disk... nice... and very fast .. for removable
>> media that is.. :)

I have two IOMEGA Bernoulli boxes, one about 5 years old and the other
about 2 years old (one for the Apple 2GS and one for the PC), and so
far I've had no problems whatsoever.  I've also had a Jaz drive on the
PC for about 2 years and haven't experienced any problems.  I know
IOMEGA has had problems with some of their units (flopticals and
Zips), but I guess I've been lucky.  My only real complaint is the
artificially and exceptionally high prices they maintain for their
media.  That Syquest 1-gigger is looking mighty good lately.