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From: "L. Scott Emmons" <scotte@center.uscs.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Plans for LS-120 drivers?
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 16:33:14 -0800
Organization: CableData R&D Center, El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
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Does anyone know if there are plans to write drivers to support the
LS-120 drives? Looks like a reasonable low-cost storage method.
Anyone have any opinions about the viability or life-expectancy of
this device? Sure, it's slower than (SCSI) ZIP drives, but it looks
like it has the potential to be much cheaper -- current drives are
~$200 and media ~$11 -- as always, I'd expect prices to fall as it
becomes more prevalant.
I've heard some bad things about ZIP drives (I know the JAZ is out
now, but the price of LS-120/ZIP is worth it, even if the media is
smaller), but am unsure if the issues are well founded or not.
I need a solution that will work equally well in DOS, Windows95, and
Unix.
Thanks!
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L. Scott Emmons | CableData R&D Center - El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
Sr. Software Engineer | Systems Group, Systems Development Dept
(916) 939-6088 | Views and content are my own, not CableData's
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