21 Apr
2012
21 Apr
'12
10:35 a.m.
On Apr 21, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
I also used (and continue to use) a lot of Zip disks,
the 100MB
variety, with very low (almost nonexistent) failure rates. I don't use
them anywhere near as often or as "hard" as the others though.
I also had great success with Zip disks back in the day when 100MB was
all there was; I never had one fail, and I used them a LOT. They were
significantly more reliable than floppies at the time.
I never bothered going beyond the 100 MB ones, because at that point
CDRs were becoming economical enough that if I needed to transport
something that large, I'd just burn a CD.
Around the time of the Jaz drive was when things
started to go wrong.
Those things were all but useless; every single one that I knew of died
eventually. But before that, their removable mass storage systems were,
in my experience, quite good.
I had *atrocious* experiences with Jaz drives. They seemed to be the
best way to destroy your backups. They also tended to die right at
the worst time. I know other people with the inverse experience, but
I was never particularly pleased with them (other than their raw
performance as a removable drive, which was pretty good).
- Dave