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Non-Tech : Iomega:Zip drives - a "standard" for the PC?

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To: Ben Smith who wrote (130)	5/30/1996 4:44:00 AM
From: Guy Gordon	of 156

Yes, I can see two ways to put a Zip drive in a laptop. 1. The manufacturer could just build the IDE Zip drive into the laptop. This will be done, later, when the Zip drive has clear dominance. The IDE Zip drive can be a boot drive, just like a floppy. 3.5" compatability will be abandoned, just like 5.25" was. 2. Both Toshiba and Compaq have laptops with removable Floppy drives. Then you can plug in a CD-ROM. The same could be done with a Zip drive. I believe these use the IDE interface. Toshiba or Compaq, OR IOMEGA could offer a Zip drive module to plug into this slot. Finally, Iomega is going to offer the external, parallel Zip drive with a battery pack for laptop users.

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