Tom, I was thinking about OS level software.
In spite of my distaste for Iomega's software, I was prepared to reconsider it, should it provide longer disk or head life. If using an Iomega system level driver extended life of either, it would be worth investigating further how to use this on a 68K Mac/System 6 or earlier. By definition, a system level driver understands the OS and can store information about the usage pattern of a cartridge on the individual cartridge or on the system disk. Given the general smartness of Iomega's developers, I guess that they considered that idea and many others.
In spite of my distaste for Iomega's software, I was prepared to reconsider it, should it provide longer disk or head life. If using an Iomega system level driver extended life of either, it would be worth investigating further how to use this on a 68K Mac/System 6 or earlier. By definition, a system level driver understands the OS and can store information about the usage pattern of a cartridge on the individual cartridge or on the system disk. Given the general smartness of Iomega's developers, I guess that they considered that idea and many others.