Removable-media drives

Article Abstract:

Iomega's $599 Jaz rigid magnetic media drive is perhaps the best removable-media drive on the market, providing users with high-speed performance and easy installation. The Jaz drive includes a wide variety of software utilities, such as an installer and a driver. The Jaz drive contains 2 high-density 50-pin SCSI-2 connectors and is the most favored of six removable-media drives evaluated. SyQuest's $199 EZ135 rigid magnetic media drive also scores well, offering easy setup, 2 Centronics connectors, several utilities and the fastest data transfer rate. Drawbacks include an awkward disk ejection lever and lengthy cartridge ejection requirements. Panasonic's $650 PD/CD-ROM rewritable PD cartridge/4X CD-ROM drive receives the lowest score, requiring users to purchase additional adapters for installation and failing to provide a useful backup utility.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Cover Story, Hardware multiproduct review, Panasonic Co., Optical disk drive, IOMG, SyQuest Technology Inc., SYQT, SyQuest Technology EZ135 (Removable cartridge drive), Iomega Jaz (Removable-media drive), Panasonic PD/CD-ROM (Optical disk drive)

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Big battle for tiny storage

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The increasing popularity of PDAs and other compact devices, such as digital cameras, has spurn a competitive market for mini-storage solutions. Iomega's latest offering is Clik!, a small disk-and-drive solution is a rewritable medium that holds 40MB and is priced at only $9.95. Toshiba also has a mini-storage offering, call SmartMedia. This technology eliminates expense by leaving out an ATM interface and is designed to be the package for the chip. Intel's Miniature Card technology requires an additional PC Card adapter and employs a controller-less design. It ranges in price from $25.40 to $69.90 for 4MB to 16MB. SanDisk's CompactFlash is a popular solution for OEMs, with over 58 products utilizing the technology. It is priced at $150 for 10MB and at $240 for 20MB.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Random Access Memories, Plated Wire Memories, Toshiba Corp., Product description/specification, Intel Corp., INTC, Semiconductor memory, Computer memory, Design and construction, IOM, Flash memory, RAM (Random access memory), Disk drives, SanDisk Corp., SanDisk CompactFlash (Flash memory), Iomega Clik! (Removable-media drive), Toshiba SmartMedia (Flash memory), Intel Miniature Card (Semiconductor memory)

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CD-RW and CD-R drives

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Rewritable CD-RW drives are becoming the rage among users because they can write CD-recordable (CD-R) discs as well as CD-RW, therefore users get two drives in one. CD-RW also costs a mere $50 to $100 more than CD-R. Users are cautioned that rewritable CD-RW discs may be more risky than the write-once CD-R discs. Older CD-ROM and CD-R drives cannot read CD-RW's 'pseudopits' because the latter are less reflective than standard CD and CD-R discs. Further, UDF-compliant packet writing, the Universal Disk Format standard, is not completely universal. One company's UDF packet-writing software may not be supported by that of another. For developers needing a high-performance and reliable drive, the 8x, SCSI CD-R burner is the best choice.

Drum Memories, Buyers Guide, Hardware buyers' guide, CD-recordable drive, CD-R drives, CD-RW drives

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