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

To: Michael Coley who wrote (49784)	3/12/1998 12:18:00 AM
From: jwk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

MC --so, you see this then as an IOM licensed drive with some rev's going to IOM and also creating another demand source for disks? --------- just found this at their web site: Las Vegas, NV, COMDEX Fall `97, November 17, 1997 - Fremont California based Addonics Technologies, a member of the ACER Group, launches a Pocket Sized Removable Cartridge Hard Drive based on Iomega's new Slim ZIP drive. Named the Pocket ZIP this drive is SMALLER, LIGHTER, and more portable than any other ZIP drive in the market. So versatile is this new external ZIP Drive it is powered by a notebook computer's battery through the PCMCIA interface in conjunction with its internal rec hargeable batteries. It can also be powered off an optional external power adapter (sold separately). Addonics Technologies has taken the best of Iomega, their NEW slim ZIP drive designed for notebook PCs, and combined it with their own ability to make very small and lightweight external peripherals that are powered off a Notebook computers battery. T his PocketZIP drive follows Addonics Technologies' very successful PocketCD line of external portable CD-ROM drives. Their current 20x Max PCMCIA PocketCD rivals any other CD-ROM drive on the market today. The details on the PocketZIP are: SIZE = 6.4 x 4.3 x 0.9 in, WEIGHT = 11 oz., AVERAGE ACCESS TIME = 29 ms, MAX DATA TRANSFER RATE = 11.2 Mbits/s, INTERFACE TYPE = PCMCIA, BATTERIES = 4, 600mA rechargeable. The PocketZIP is intended for mobile professionals who need access to data they have stored on ZIP cartridges whenever they need it and wherever they are. Where a standard ZIP drive must be operated by plugging the power adapter into a wall out let or power strip, the PocketZIP has no such restrictions. It can be used anywhere a notebook computer can. Ping Liu, the General Manager at Addonics Technologies anticipates an excited reaction to the new PocketZIP. He said, "with the popularity of the ZIP drive as a storage medium, the PocketZIP should be extremely popular". " ;With this product Addonics Technologies has enhanced the ZIP drive and elevated it into a truly portable storage device." The PocketZIP has a Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price of $299 and is expected to "street" at around $249. It comes complete with software drivers for DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. It will be available in December at major Computer Superstores, Mass Merchants, Catalog companies, Direct resellers, VARs and distributors. For more information on Addonics' product line or where to purchase the above referenced product, contact Addonics at: Addonics Technologies 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538 Phone: 510-438-6530 Fax: 510-353-2020 E-mail: Atc@addonics.com Internet: addonics.com E