Well said, Tim McShane!
The ZIP and other drives of this sort were developed to overcome the storage
limitations of 3.25" diskettes, principally for moving around large graphic
files (If you have ever done work in your museum with graphics, you'll know
what a common problem this has become!).
It seems that the zip and similar drives have been overtaken, like many data
cartridge backup drives, by the CD, now that you can buy a "burner" for
under $300 and writable CDs in bulk. Indeed, the expensive item has become
the "jewel case" in which to store the CD!
Tim says it all - greater access, much greater storage capacity - why not go
for the CD-R? A word of caution: if you intend to fill them with audio
tracks, the transfer process can be VERY time-consuming, unless all the
audio tracks are on the host computer to begin with.
Harry
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tim McShane <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: Image Storage - CD or Zip?
> IMHO, definitely go for the CD-ROM. As pointed out in an earlier posting,
> CD drives are considerably more common these days than ZIP drives, so it's
> easier to move data around that way. Also, blank CDs are cheaper than ZIP
> disks, and hold more information (650 MB for a CD as compared to 100 MB or
> 250 MB, depending on the type of ZIP drive you get). When you're dealing
> with large files, or many image files, the larger storage capacity is a
> definite plus!
>
>
> Tim McShane, Collections Manager
> West Parry Sound District Museum
>
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