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VST Technologies Ships Internal UltraBay Zip Drives for IBM ThinkPad Notebooks
Business Wire - December 02, 1997 13:42
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ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1997--
- VST ships ThinkPad Proven Zip100 drives for IBM ThinkPad models: 755CD, 755CDV, 760CD, 760E (thick), 760ED, 760EL, 760ELD, 760LD, 760XD, 760XL, 765D, and 765L.
-Uses standard 100MB Zip disks available worldwide from major computer retailers.
- Excellent for distribution of large files and backups, offering password security of sensitive information.
- Seamless user interface.
- Full compatibility with desktop Zip installed base, now over 10 million drives shipped worldwide.
- Removable disks provide virtually unlimited storage and hard drive expansion.
VST Technologies today announced that they are shipping a full line of internal, removable Iomega(r) notebook Zip(TM) drives for IBM ThinkPads(TM) with the UltraBay(TM). Compatible models include the 755CD, 755CDV, 760CD, 760E (thick), 760ED, 760EL, 760ELD, 760LD, 760XD, 760XL, 765D, and 765L series ThinkPads. The VST Zip100 drive is ThinkPad Proven, and is designed to provide ThinkPad users with a high capacity, high-performance storage solution that enables the storage (and play back) of multimedia files, Internet downloads, business presentations, and digital photos while traveling. "With an Iomega Zip drive already standard on many desktop systems worldwide, VST is happy to be the first company to offer ThinkPad Proven Zip products for IBM ThinkPad UltraBay. Portables are the fastest growing segment of the PC industry, and Zip availability for notebooks certainly marks the second wave of standardization as the long awaited replacement for the floppy drive," said Vince Fedele, President and CEO of VST Technologies. "In November VST shipped the first Zip drives for Apple's PowerBook Series, and today announced its NEC VersaBay Series Zip Drives." The new VST Zip100 drives are user-installed in place of the floppy or CD-ROM. Users can simply r The notebook Zip drive is a personal storage solution specifically designed to meet the needs of mobile users with a 40 percent speed increase over the traditional Zip drive when saving, copying, moving files in Windows 95, WinNT, Win 3.11 & 3.0. Iomega's 100MB Zip disks have 70 times the capacity of traditional floppy disks. This technology offers true portability, enabling mobile customers to conveniently access files and applications anywhere they carry their laptop computers. "VST Technologies is helping ThinkPad customers maximize the potential of their notebooks," said Andy Grolnick, general manager, Zip OEM business at Iomega. "By providing the power and capacity of the 100MB Zip drive, VST is offering ThinkPad customers the same capabilities they would expect from their desktop systems."
Availability and Pricing
Suggested retail price for the VST Zip100 is $349.95. The VST Zip100 is now available to major distribution, mail order and computer retail chains. VST Technologies is a privately-held developer of hardware and software products for notebook computers. Its products are dealer distributed in the United States by INGRAM Micro and MicroAge and are available to consumers through dealers, distributors, resellers, superstores and mail-order chains. The complete VST line is available on its web site at www.vsttech.com Iomega Corporation provides personal computer storage solutions that help people manage their computer stuff -- anywhere. These solutions include: Zip drives and disks; Jaz one-gigabyte drives and disks; and Ditto tape backup drives and tape cartridges. Used in homes, business, government and education, and by creative professionals, Iomega storage solutions are available through computer retail stores, resellers, major distributors and OEMs. The company can be reached at 1-800-MY-STUFF (800-697-8833), iomega.com, and additional Iomega press releases can be accessed through the toll-free fax-back line: (888-88-IOMEGA).
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