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

To: Cogito who wrote (46211)	1/29/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: AreWeThereYet	Respond to of 58324

Allen & Bill, >> The PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) hard disks do not use a regular hard disk with a PC Card interface. They are completely self-contained devices the same length and width as a standard PC Card. They are the same height as two standard (Type II) PC cards, so they take up both slots of a dual PC Card setup. That is why they are referred to as Type III, and that's also why the capacity is so small. << This is why I asked you is PC-Card HDD refers to normal HDD and you said "Yes". So there is the confusion. I think I saw a product which let you use normal SCSI HDD with a PCMCIA interface. >> Also perhaps we'd better take this discussion off the thread, because the non-technoids are undoubtedly getting restless already. << This is a nice way to diversify their thinking. Time to relax. :o) >> Isn't Clik also a "solid state media". I think by "solid state media" they mean "semiconductor" with no moving parts. clik! is magnetic media and the drive is just like other magnetic disk drives such as ZIP. (rotating media and moving heads) << Okay, I am clear now. It sounded like non-volatile media to me. My textbook never teach me what is a SSD. Thanks aC