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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Jones who wrote (35504)	11/13/1997 1:00:00 PM
From: Jon Siegel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

To All: more news: Citizen Signs Letter Of Intent To License New Iomega Clik! Drives NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1997--Iomega Corp. (NYSE:IOM - news) and Citizen Watch Co. Ltd. of Japan Thursday announced their acceptance of a letter of intent under which Citizen would be granted non-exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture and market Iomega's new clik!(TM) drives. full story on biz.yahoo.com

To: David Jones who wrote (35504)	11/13/1997 1:01:00 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

>>No where? There is no info in durability of click or nhand. Just think about it, spinning disk! "Hey honey; toss me the camera....Hah, what happened to the pictures we took?" I'm going to need that info on duribility before I buy a camera and take pictures that are irreplaceable.<< Dave - The disk will spin only when reading or writing data. At other times, the heads will be safely parked. - Allen

To: David Jones who wrote (35504)	11/13/1997 1:14:00 PM
From: John Solder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58324

Durability: The medium will not spin continuously. When you clik your camera the data will probably go to some internal chip first, then the drive will spin up and the data will go to it. Theoretically the whole process will be complete before you take your eye off the viewfinder. Even if you drop the camera while taking the picture the data would probably be written and the head parked before the camera hits the ground. Just think, no more ASA 100,200,400, loading film, exposing accidents. A role of 35mm 36 exp costs $7 development $10, then half the pictures are crappy anyway. This new photography paradigm will save folks tons of money.

To: David Jones who wrote (35504)	11/13/1997 1:19:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Dave, at 100G's (300 non-operating, as in your example) the durability seems pretty good to me. I would expect any camera to pop open and ruin the film with that kind of impact. Wouldn't you? From : iomega.com ******************************************************************************************* High-capacity, low-priced digital storage for mobile devices Cartridge storage capacityÿ40MB* Cartridge spare capacityÿ1.2MB MSRPÿ$9.95 Small size designed for today's portable products Dimensions Drive (LxWxH)ÿ3.37in. x 2.126in. x .256in. Drive Weightÿ2 ounces Cartridge (LxWxH)ÿ2.16in. x 1.98in. x .077in. (54.9mm x 50.1mm x 1.95mm) Cartridge weightÿ.35 oz (10 grams) High performance for fast data transfers Performance Average seek timeÿLess than 25ms Sustained transfer rateÿ700KB/sec avg. 1000KB/sec max. 500KB/sec min. Rotational speedÿ2941 rpm Latency (average rotational delay)ÿ10.2 ms Average start/stop timeÿ.6/.5 sec. Able to survive the environmental extremes of mobile devices Operating Conditions Temperature Operatingÿ-20 to +65c Storageÿ-22 to +52c Shippingÿ-40 to +65c Relative humidity Operatingÿ10% to 90% Non-Operatingÿ10% to 90% Vibration Operatingÿ1.0g P.P 5-17Hz Non-Operatingÿ1.3g P.P 5-27Hzÿ Shock Operatingÿ100g, « sine wave for 3msec Non-Operatingÿ300g, « sine wave for 3msecÿ Altitude OperatingÿUp to 15,000 ft. (4,572m) Extremely durable and reliable Reliability/ServiceMTBFÿ100,000 hours Disk estimated shelf lifeÿAt least 10 years Designed to be extremely power-efficient; uses intelligent power management. VoltageOperatingÿ3.3 volts *40MB capacity where 1MB = 1 million bytes. The capacity reported by your operating system may vary.