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-NEWS FLASH - Computer Retail Week June 14, 1996
Exabyte to rival Iomega with first cordless removable tape drive
By TODD WASSERMAN
BOULDER, COLO.-A year after entering the consumer market, Exabyte
plans to go head-to-head with Iomega when it releases what it claims is the world's first cordless, removable tape drive for the PC.
Exabyte says its Eagle Nest, which is installed in computer terminals and can be removed much like a Benzi Box car stereo, is twice as fast as external drives such as Iomega's best-selling Zip and Jaz drives.
The device-which will be shipped to CompUSA, Fry's Electronics and Micro Center with a $250 suggested retail price-can be installed easily into standard 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch half-high bays, according to a company spokeswoman.
Exabyte plans to introduce the Eagle Nest at next week's PC Expo in NewYork, and then ship them immediately, a spokesman said.
Exabyte will also sell Eagle Nest racks, which act as an input for the portable Eagle TR-3 tape drive, for $65 to $70.
Although the Eagle Nest currently supports a number of minicartridges including Exatape, 3M Travan, Sony and Verbatim, and holds 680M bytes to 4.4G bytes, future versions may be expanded to include other mass-storage systems, an Exabyte spokesman said.
Exabyte has targeted the Eagle Nest to LANs and multiple PC users who need to transport large files from one to the other. Exabyte also plans to introduce an external Eagle TR-3 at the PC Expo.
Exabyte, which is well-known for providing 8mm data storage systems to high-end servers, entered the consumer market last year when it consolidated its non-8mm engineering and support teams into its Exabyte Eagle division.
Any comments? Do you think this will impact Iomega's share price?
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