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Subject:Re: Storing data From:Bob Morrisette <Robert -dot- Morrisette -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:00:20 -0700
> From AnnMacknz -at- AOL -dot- COM Mon Sep 15 07:31:17 1997
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:30:56 -0400
> From: Ann Mackenzie <AnnMacknz -at- AOL -dot- COM>
> Subject: Re: Storing data
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>
> was PC TECH question: floppy net obsolete?
>
> 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.
>
> ==========================
> Ann Mackenzie: AnnMacknz -at- AOL -dot- com
> TekDoc - Technical Documentation, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, USA
> specializing in policies & procedures and software & engineering writing
>
Another solution is the LC-120 120 MB floppy drive. It also
reads the 1.4 MB floppy format.
Bob Morrisette
writer1 -at- sabu -dot- Eng -dot- sun -dot- com
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