Zip Disk Drive

• High-capacity drive developed by the Iomega Corporation
• Uses a 3.5 inch Zip Disk (twice as thick as a normal floppy)
• Come in either 100 MB (equivalent to 70 floppy disks) or 250 MB (175 floppy disks)
• Can be either internal or external
• 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)

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SuperDisk Drive

• High-capacity disk drive created by Imation
• Uses 120 MB SuperDisk
• Downward Compatible (can read from/write on standard 3.5 floppy disk)
• Can be internal or external
• 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)

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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.