Zip Drive

hardware, storage A disk drive from Iomega Corporation

which takes removable 100 megabyte hard disks. Both

internal and external drives are manufactured, making the

drive suitable for backup, mass storage or for moving files

between computers. Software is included to help with file

organisation. The internal SCSI model offers up to 60 MB /

minute transfer rate.

The Zip drive was awarded Byte's Readers' Hardware ChoiceAward 1996 .

The company has started to manufacture a larger Jaz drive,

which takes one gigbyte disks.

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(1997-03-23)