The Bad and the Ugly
Written: Dec 07 '00
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Pros: Inexpensive on eBay, Yahoo, Egghead
Cons: Unreliable, no longer produced, expensive cartridges
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| wave54's Full Review: SYQT SyQuest SparQ (SPARQ1AI-01) Drive |
I wish I had read others opinions before my own experience with SyQuest. I also can easily understand why they are bankrupt!
The SyJet 1.5 GB internal drive I bought from an auction site is the most cantankerous, finicky piece of hardware I have ever installed. The cartridge has to be ejected and re-inserted numerous times in the hope that it might actually engage and stay in the drive.
If it decides to bless me with a few moments of operation, the drive indeed works well. The problem is that 95% of the time, it won't accept the cartridge or it beeps and spits it out. It will actually do this in the middle of an operation, such as a full drive back-up.
Too bad -- a great idea so poorly executed.
Hard to believe they actually sold these for $299 with an additional $149 for a single cartridge!
I would not recommend this product to anyone seeking a removable storage solution. There are a number of CD-RW drives available from the auction sites for around $100 that will do the trick. And besides, almost everyone else has a CD-ROM drive -- you won't be stuck with a proprietary format.
Recommended:
No
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wave54
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Location: New Britain, CT
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