On 8 Nov 2006 at 19:20, Chris M wrote:
I just found a bow of brand new Iomega 100meggers for
$20 (x10). Was thinking of hacking a scsi card for the
T2K, but how long will zips be available?
I wouldn't worry too much, 100MB Zip carts have enjoyed popularity
for what, about a decade? There should be plenty kicking around for
years to come. Heck, I think I can still buy carts for a SparQ
drive--and they've been gone how long?
But consider that a new 100MB Zip disk runs between $10-15. For
about the same money, I can get a half-gig USB flash drive for about
that much. So, let's see--5 times the storage, no need for a drive
and no moving parts--and a fraction of the physical size of a Zip--
I'd venture that the Zip drive doesn't stand much of a chance of
modern deployment...
Cheers,
Chuck