At 12:14 AM 3/13/97 -0500, you wrote: >I debated which system to use, and decided on the ZIP drive. Each disk >holds 100 Mb, and the drives themselves are inexpensive enough to be >an attractive addition to any computer. Jazz drives would also be good, >but the larger size is worrysome, as is the size of the CD-R method. We >used to use a Worm optical (600 Mb per side) . . . imagine losing that >much data on a corrupted disk -- it happens. 100 meg at a time seems >more managable. This is a good argument for the ZIPdrive. However, for long-term storage, I have a problem with using magnetic media; your files can get wiped by stray fields. I think that a hierarchical storage system may be the better way to go; ZIP (or EZ-Flyer for those people who prefer SyQuest hardware) for short-term, CDR for long-term and WORM for those dead files. - ivan ====================================================================== Ivan T. Shaw | Tel: (514) 398-3002 Montreal Neurological Institute | FAX: (514) 398-8540 3801 University | e-mail: ishaw@po-box.mcgill.ca Montreal, Quebec, CANADA H3A 2B4 | http://132.206.201.7/ivan/ivan.htm ======================================================================
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