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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: WebNoise who wrote (3502)6/26/1996 9:41:00 AM
From: Cogito   of 58324
 
WebNoise asked "Why can't IOMG design a Zip Cartridge shell that a standard floppy can be inserted into, like a thing they use to play a 8mm videotape in a standard VCR machine?"

I think that motor speeds and head designs would come into play and make that impossible, at least with current Zip drive designs. I don't believe that one can play an 8mm tape in a VHS VCR. One can play a VHS-C tape in a VHS VCR, using a cartridge shell, but that's only because they designed the VHS-C system specifically so it could do that.

Pardon me for getting off the subject, though.
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