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Iomega Zip 250MB External
Drive (Parallel Port $149.99 Zip 250MB esterno SCSI per PC,
Notebook e Laptop. Include drive esterno, disco da 250MB,
cavo, alimentatore e il CD Iomegaware che include i tools
e il software di installazione. (Per collegamento PC
richiede adattatore Zip Zoom).
Iomega 10919 Zip 100 Drive (Parallel Port) $99.99 Is your hard disk running out of room? Do you need to protect your valuable data? Consider Iomega's Parallel Port Zip 100 drive, an inexpensive and portable external disk drive. Iomega says it has sold over 100 million of its 100 MB Zip disks, the floppy companions to the Zip 100 drive, and we believe them based on how easy it was for us to set up and use the Zip 100. We just plugged it in, connected a cable to our PC's parallel port, dropped in the CD-ROM, and followed the setup wizard. The CD-ROM comes with the necessary software to make the Zip 100 act like any other drive on your PC--except the Zip 100 has a 100-MB storage capacity. We set the drive up on our test machine and copying files to and from drive F was just as easy as it was on drive A or C. You can still use your printer with the Zip 100, as the external drive includes its own parallel port. Iomega recommends that you connect no more than one additional device to the Zip 100, but in our test, we "daisy chained" three peripherals--a printer connected to a scanner connected to the Zip 100 connected to our PC--without encountering any device conflicts. We used the included 1-Step Backup and 1-Step Restore utilities to back up and restore several hundred megabytes of an old Pentium's hard disk. The process was entirely intuitive and flawless but slow. We did not even approach the claimed 25-MB-per-minute performance, but that's just the way peripheral life is when you're using a parallel port. The Zip 100 is self-contained, and if you take along the parallel cable and AC power supply, it becomes portable. However, the real convenience comes from the Zip disks themselves. The disks have a tough plastic shell and come in a CD-type jewel box, so little protective precautions are required as you exchange data with Zip-owning friends
Iomega Zip 100 Portable USB
Drive $129.99 A classic just got better.
Iomega's timeless Zip drive now comes with a USB
(universal serial bus) interface and a snazzy translucent
blue encasement, making it a great companion to any
flavor iMac or G3 tower, and a step in the right
direction for beige PC users. USB is the interface
shipping with all new Macintosh systems and most PCs made
after 1997. (However, to use the Zip 100 USB drive with a
PC, you must be running Windows 98). USB offers faster
data-transfer rates than a parallel port and is
completely hot swappable. You can simply unplug the drive
while your computer is running and attach any other USB
peripheral that you need. With USB, you can also
daisy-chain up to 128 devices, although you can expect
some serious performance bottlenecks with that many
peripherals. We set up and installed the Zip 100 drive in
less than five minutes. The manual and quick-install
guide were easy to follow with step-by-step instructions
and troubleshooting tips. Backing up a hard drive was
painless with Iomega's 1-Step Backup and 1-Step Restore
features. We tested the drive's transfer rate by
attempting to back up our 970 MB hard drive. (Don't
expect to fit a drive that massive on one Zip disk.) We
backed up 100 MB in a little under five minutes, putting
the transfer rates close to Iomega's claims of 25 MB per
minute. Although USB is slower than SCSI, it far
surpasses speeds offered by traditional parallel-port
devices. If you're willing to sacrifice the fastest
transfer rates for ease of use, portability, hot
swappability, and style, then the Iomega Zip 100 USB
drive is a good choice |
