Re: Hard Disk Drive and Color Printer

TyAnn Morehead (TyAnnM1@aol.com)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:08:26 EST

> We are considering to purchase a removable hard disk drive for our lab.
> I know there used to be a discussion about Iomega Zip drive. Is it
> still difficult to get disks for this type of drive. When we do
> purchase order, can we purchase disks at the same time?

I just placed an order for a ZIP drive and a pack of 10 disks from Scantron
Quality Computers on January 4. They were delivered on January 10. Seems as
if the supply has caught up with the demand.

Sue Stone replied to the hard drive portion of this request with:
> We have a Color Stylewriter 2400 and have been satisfied with the
> quality of printing. It is slow (the newer models are several times
> faster I understand). One thing to be aware of is that we cannot put it
> on our network because it is not localtalk or ethernet compatible.
> Check me out on this--do not take my word for it.

There is a localtalk option available for the Color StyleWriter 2400. Here is
the order info from the most recent Apple Education Price List:

LocalTalk Option for the Color StyleWriter 2400 M3458LL/A 89.00

TyAnn

TyAnn Morehead, PK-12 Technology Coordinator
New Hampton (Iowa, USA) Schools
V: 515-394-3982; F: 515-394-2921; E: tyannm@aol.com
President, Iowa Computer Using Educators (ICUE)
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