CD-R [11 votes]
-not a single bad CDR disk, cheapest per meg, good because most computers
have a CDROM, cost has dropped dramatically
-some CDR not read by some CDROMs, more difficult to get CDR to work than
zip,several disks have been damaged, easily scratched
zip [9 votes]
-small, cheap, portable, reliable , easy to use, convenient size (ie small
amount of data per disk in case it crashes), flexible , fast, becoming VHS
of data storage
-have heard of unrecoverable data, can get wiped by stray magnetic fields
magneto optical [4 votes]
-most reliable
file server [2 votes]
jazz [1 vote]
-less common than zip, unreliable
DVD digital video disks
-may make everything else obsolete
Two good sources of info are:
www.cdrmicro.com/faq.html for CDR information
and
earth.cnct.com/home/steveg/zipfaq19.html for zip drive information.
Thanks to everyone who responded,
Tom
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Thomas W. Mc Closkey, Ph. D.
Director, Flow Cytometry
North Shore University Hospital
Biomedical Research Center
350 Community Drive
Manhasset, Long Island, New York 11030
ph: 516-562-4844 [office]; 516-562-1135/4641 [lab]
3/26/97 6:06:18 PM
E-mail: thomasm@nshs.edu
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