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Floppy disks - Zip Drive/Disks

Manufactured by Iomega the Zip drive enables 100MB and 250MB (Apr 99) to be stored on a specialised floppy disk. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh to handle the requirements for transferring large graphics files from the desktop publisher to the commercial publisher.

Features

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Size 95mm,
Drop height 2.4m (Floppy disk based)
Zip 100
- Formatted 95.9MB
- Parallel port, IDE, SCSI and USB (almost as fast as SCSI) connections.
- For parallel port version
  - 0.45 kg. Slow transfer rate for parallel port version.
  - Average seek time 29millisec (100MB) or 16millisec (25MB)
  - Sustained transfer rate 0.79 MB/sec to 1.4MB/sec
- Typical throughput: up to 60MB/min (SCSI), 20MB/sec (Parallel)
- Costs
  - (Feb '98) drive approx.$250 (parallel), $200 (IDE) and 100MB cartridges approx. $25.
  - Apr 99: $400 (incGST)
Zip 250
- Needs $99 SCSI adaptor for PC.
- Slow writing to Zip100.
Farrance,R. (1999, Mar)

Uses

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Expand the storage of your computer quickly and easily - 100/250MB at a time
Move your work easily to different locations and computers
Backup quickly and easily
Create a multimedia library
Store large scanned or downloaded files
Take work home or on the road
Use one disk per account, project or client
Archive old files and email
Share large files with co-workers friends and service bureaus
keep finance and business records safe and secure
Give kids disks for school work and other stuff
Save absolutely anything you don't want to delete
Collect stuff from on-line services without filling up your hard drive.
Consolidate 70 (Zip100) floppies onto a single drive

Make your own..

100MB zip disk.