[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Syquest vs. Bernoulli

ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) (10/31/90)

   A representative from Iomega at a recent Campus Computer Fair showed me
the Bernoulli Transportable. The machine looks very nice, works fast, and
does not fall prone to hard disk crashes because of the mechanism and the
media (no more hard platters, the Transportable uses a very high density
floppy-like media).

   Question: has anyone had the opportunity to compare the two?

   Iomega is giving educational rebates that bring the cost of the
Transportable down to about $700. Are Syquests as flaky as I've been
hearing? It sounds like I've got a 50/50 chance of getting one that works!
If so, Bernoulli technology sounds like the way for me...

Ciao...
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Piper Keairnes
ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Purdue University)