| Zip
Disk Drive |
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High-capacity drive developed
by the Iomega Corporation
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Uses a 3.5 inch Zip Disk (twice
as thick as a normal floppy)
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Come in either 100 MB (equivalent
to 70 floppy disks) or 250 MB (175 floppy disks)
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Can be either internal or
external
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Cost (taken from CompUSA's
website on May 11, 2000)
1. External 250
MB Zip Drive (uses 100 MB or 250 MB disks): $169.99
2. Zip Disk (100
MB): $12.95 (cost per megabyte: $0.13)
3. Zip Disk (6 pack
of 250 MB): $99.99 (cost per megabyte: $0.07)
SuperDisk
Drive
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High-capacity disk drive created
by Imation
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Uses 120 MB SuperDisk
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Downward Compatible (can read
from/write on standard 3.5 floppy disk)
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Can be internal or external
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Cost (taken from CompUSA's
website on May 11, 2000)
1. SuperDisk 120
MB external drive: $129.99
2. SuperDisk 5 Pack
(120 MB): $49.99 (cost/megabyte: $0.08)
picture
taken from: http://www.imation.com/products/data/content/1,1011,1031,00.html
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Last Edited On May 14, 2000
Information for this page based largely upon:
Shelly, Gary B., et al. Discovering Computers
2000: Concepts for a Connected
World.
Cambridge: Course Technology, 1999.