Re: Zip vs. CD-RW (was: [DL] Please read if you have submittedanything recen...

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> << A pack of 10 CD-RWs should cost somewhere around $30 or $40, which,
when
> formatted for direct access, would provide about 5.3 *gigs* of storage, >>
>
> By the way, this above information is not correct for the product talked
> about. Regular CD-RW`s do not hold this much info no matter how you format
> them. It is CD-DVD that hold this much info, and they will not work in a
> regular CD Rom, you have to have a DVD Rom to use them or no good. Just
> thought I would pass that along as well.  There is a difference in CD`s
out
> there, so be careful what you use and the goals you are setting for
different
> things. :-)

I'm talking about *TOTAL* storage space for the whole 10-pack.

Nick "perenially misunderstood" Zachariasen

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