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Subject:Re: Storing data From:Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:15:12 -0500
Not only that, but you can get Zip drives to hook up to your parallel
port, so you can either back up the files or put everything on a Zip
disk and work at home, if that's your pleasure. I worked a fair amount
of overtime this summer and had to do it at home. The Zip drive made my
life significantly easier.
Chris
Ann Mackenzie wrote:
>
> John -
>
> I use an Iomega Zip drive to backup my hard drive. Zip disks hold an
> unbelievable amount of data - 100MB - and when the files are compressed (I
> have encountered no problems with WinZip), one disk can back up almost
> everything.
--
Chris Hamilton, Senior Technical Writer
Greenbrier & Russel
847.330.4146 http://www.gr.com
chamilton -at- gr -dot- com
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