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Re: [OM] Zip drive repair?

Subject: Re: [OM] Zip drive repair?
From: Rich Lahrson <tripspud@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:18:55 -0800
Erik Stiegler wrote:
> Personally, I'd just throw the Zip Drives away and buy a CD recorder. IMHO,
> a Zip drive is one of the flakiest peripherals you can hook up to your
> computer. I'd never put anything I care about (especially scanned Olympus
> photos!) on a Zip disc. 
> Zip discs cost about $10 each, CDR discs about $1 each, and hold over six
> times as much. At that rate, it won't take long at all before the CDR pays
> for itself. Like, about the time it takes to fill two discs.

Hi!

     The newer computer packages are shipping with CD recorders, there here
to stay.  At $1 a piece, the discs have a wide usage base.

                                        Rich

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