22 Apr
2012
22 Apr
'12
1:52 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
Back when 50MB on an Amiga was "abundant" (into the early 1990s), I
picked up a new Syquest44 drive for somewhere less than $400 including
at least one cartridge if not a couple more. I used it daily for many
years until 44MB was no longer adequate. It's still sitting in its
desk niche, in the same SCSI cabinet as my original sub-1X SCSI CD-ROM
drive (NEC CDR74?) It was working the last time I used it, but that's
been well over 10 years.
I know of other Syquest users with far less happy experiences.
-ethan
On the other
hand, I'm not aware of any Syquest 44MB removable drives
still in operation.
?Oh I remember those. ?I've never actually used one though. ?A friend
had a couple, not sure what kind of luck he had with them.