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Certainly this announcement is a little underwhelming in a few ways. No major OEM, shipping not expected until second half of 1998. I'm hoping that's a conservative time frame. BTW, Rocky, that would mean that the drive would ship 1 1/2 years after it was first announced. About what SyQuest did with SyJet. Not two years late. I don't know where you get that.
Nonetheless, besides a much-needed name change, there are some interesting improvements in technical specifications for Clik!.
I'm including the specs below. One thing I noticed is that previously, n.hand drive height was given as .45 something", or almost half an inch. Clik! is specified at around a quarter inch.
Not to mention that a 40MB capacity means a cost factor of 25 cents a megabyte. Flash will get cheaper, but it sure as hell won't be that cheap anytime soon.
From the Iomega web site:
High-capacity, low-priced digital storage for mobile devices
Cartridge storage capacity ÿ 40MB*
Cartridge spare capacity ÿ 1.2MB
MSRP ÿ $9.95
Small size-designed for today's portable products
Dimensions
Drive (LxWxH) ÿ 3.37in. x 2.126in. x .256in.
Drive Weight ÿ 2 ounces
Cartridge (LxWxH) ÿ 2.16in. x 1.98in. x .077in.
(54.9mm x 50.1mm x 1.95mm)
Cartridge weight ÿ .35 oz (10 grams)
High performance for fast data transfers
Performance
Average seek time ÿ Less than 25ms
Sustained transfer rate ÿ 700KB/sec avg.
1000KB/sec max.
500KB/sec min.
Rotational speed ÿ 2941 rpm
Latency (average rotational delay) ÿ 10.2 ms
Average start/stop time ÿ .6/.5 sec.
Able to survive the environmental extremes of mobile devices
Operating Conditions
Temperature
Operating ÿ -20 to +65c
Storage ÿ -22 to +52c
Shipping ÿ -40 to +65c
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Relative humidity
Operating ÿ 10% to 90%
Non-Operating ÿ 10% to 90%
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Vibration
Operating ÿ 1.0g P.P 5-17Hz
Non-Operating ÿ 1.3g P.P 5-27Hz
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Shock
Operating ÿ 100g, « sine wave for 3msec
Non-Operating ÿ 300g, « sine wave for 3msec
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Altitude
Operating ÿ Up to 15,000 ft. (4,572m)
Extremely durable and reliable
Reliability/Service
MTBF ÿ 100,000 hours
Disk estimated shelf life ÿ At least 10 years
Designed to be extremely power-efficient; uses intelligent power management.
Voltage
Operating ÿ 3.3 volts
*40MB capacity where 1MB = 1 million bytes. The capacity reported by your operating system may vary. |
