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

To: Eve Edelson who wrote (41621)	12/28/1997 9:28:00 PM
From: Jim Munroe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>... the retroreflector can work over a wider range of distances than Nomai's mirror can. I guess I missed this before - what is the distance being discussed? (between what and what ? )<< The distance referred to is the distance between the light emitter/detector in the drive and the retroreflector on the disk. The Nomai disk uses a spherical reflector which requires that this distance be a predetermined value. The Iomega disks use a prismatic retroreflector (that shiney "jewel" in the corner) which is much more forgiving about the relative placement. Iomega could introduce a new drive (the laptop Zip) or modify the current drives so that the relative positions are shifted. The Nomai disks would no linger work while the Iomega disks work just fine.