[WelMac] Anyone have an old SyQuest drive?

[David Empson]

At 4:14 PM +1200 15/08/2007, John Shrapnell wrote:
>I have a Syquest drive which /\I used to read and drive 44MB carts. 
> Don't know whether it would read 135MB.

Thanks John. I have one of them as well, and they can only read 44MB 
cartridges.

I've done a little more research now and can narrow down the problem.

There were 44MB, 88MB and 200MB versions in the 5.25" cartridges. The 
higher capacity ones can read the lower capacity media, but might not 
be able to write to it.

The 135MB one is the first capacity they released in a 3.5" 
cartridge. There was also a 270MB version, which can read 135MB media.

So to refine the question further, we're looking for someone with a 
3.5" SyQuest EZ Drive, either 135MB or 270MB. They appear to have 
been released around 1995 to 1997, so were contemparies of the 
original Iomega Zip drive. SyQuest lost the marketing war and their 
remains were consumed by Iomega.

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David Empson
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