These are the most pertinent comments about each form of storage. The "votes" listed are when a response clearly favored one of the different methods. 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 -------------------------------------------------------- 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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