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Well, I guess my experience with the Jaz drive is slightly different, probably
because I don't use it with my Thinkpad. I replaced my SCSI tape backup unit
on my Pentium tower with the Jaz drive. Now I use it not only for backups,
but for storing the incredible amounts of Thinkpad drivers, software, etc. It
saves me from having to dig through a pile of diskettes everytime I want to
re-load something.
My only complaints are very minor.
1. I had a hell of a time to configure the drive letters for the machine.
Now that it's done however, I don't remember what I did to resolve it.
2. On occasion, my computer freezes and I have to reboot. When I wonder why
my machine is so slow to boot, I realize that I have to pop out the Jaz
cartridge and reinsert so the SCSI controller can see it.
Other than that, I love the speed and format of it. Mind you, I was an avid
user of the the Bernoulli Box when they had the 20MB cartridges.
... patrick
> On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Dominique Pivard wrote:
>
> > I'm about to replace the original 360MB drive in my TP701 with a 2.1GB
> > Toshiba drive. I'd like to buy an Iomega external drive for backup
> > purposes and I'm hesitating between the ZIP and the JAZ models. Could
> > owners of either type comment on these devices? Is there any quirk to be
> > aware of when used with a TP701? Will either model be fully supported
> > under Warp and Linux?
> >
>
> i got a Jaz drive about a year ago, thinking at last i had solved my problem
> of back up that was ... large capacity, portable - including internationally
> when i travel, pcmcia, and would work with both a pc and mac (and unix if
> necessary).
>
> alas, i don't have time to list all the woes i have had - as well as those had
> by our very competent computer support person to whom i ended up turning for
> assistance. i ended up shifting from win 3.11 to win95 just to try to deal
> with the jaz drive problems i was having. absolutely no support available
> from iomega.
>
> some points:
>
> 1. it did work with a mac i have without any problems.
>
> 2. some/many of the problems i had - even a month ago when i tried
> unsucessfully to use it with my tp760ED - may have been due to the pcmcia card
> i have, a new media bustoaster, or the tp/bustoaster/jaz interaction.
>
> 3. at the end one of my long night sessions about a year ago, when putting
> things away i dropped on of the Jaz disks about 4-6" (10-15cm) onto a plastic
> floppy diskette case. after that the Jaz disk made funny noises when
> inserted. the contents seemed readable at the time, but for how long i do not
> know (especially as i could not get the Jaz - or the bustoaster - to work with
> my current thinkpad).
>
> but, i think there is an inherent fragility to the Jaz disks, and among other
> things you have to compare it on this dimension against other storage media.
>
> 4. the whole system is propriety - you can only read a Jaz drive with a Jaz
> drive. once you get one you are locked into iomega for life.
>
> happy to be corrected on any of these points; would be most interested in
> hearing from anyone who has gotten a Jaz to work with a new media bustoaster,
> or any other (non-iomega!!) pcmcia card.
>
> be also interested in hearing of others' portable, small footprint, large
> capacity storage solutions.
>
> regards, al
>
> Alden S Klovdahl / alden.klovdahl@anu.edu.au / fax: +61 62 49 05 25
> Sociology Arts / Australian National University / Canberra ACT Australia
> 0200
>
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