[pure-silver] Re: Zip
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:04:57 -0800
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From: "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Zip
I have an internal Zip and an external Zip. They have been
working, without any problems, for several years.
Jim
I had two different problems. My first Zip drive, an early
one which had a parallel port connection, was on my old 486
computer. It began to develop the "click of death" ruining
several discs, and then prevented the computer from booting.
My second Zip drive was a factory rebuilt 250mbt drive with
USB port for this computer. It worked for several months and
then began to prevent the computer from booting. I engaged
in e-mail correspondence with Iomega, who offered to replace
it under warrenty if I sent it back but then failed to send
me the address to which it should be sent. I asked several
times and never got an answer. I finally gave up. I still
have it in a box. Perhaps I should try it again. If I can
get it to work once I can transfer all the discs I have to
the hard drive and then to DVD's. I don't want to buy
another drive simply to transfer the discs.
For some time we had "cart machines" at work (Fox TV)
which used Zip drives. We kept a good supply of spares in
stock because they failed pretty frequently. This was mostly
the "click of death" failure. I think we still have some in
service but I would like to see them replaced, perhaps with
some sort of DVD or CD player.
Iomega drives were very common for a long time on
graphics equipment. AFAIK those were reasonably reliable.
The trouble seems to have started with the Zip disc. Of
course, they are obsolete because of writable and
re-writable optical discs.
BTW, I just developed a roll of 120 100T-Max (the new
stuff) in Ilford Perceptol. I've done this with 35mm T-Max
100 in the past and got excellent super-fine-grain results.
The roll is still hanging. I may try to print some of it
tonight.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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