Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!fortune!rpw3 From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: New IOMEGA disk unit - (nf) Message-ID: <2391@fortune.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 07:04:50 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2391 Posted: Tue Jan 31 07:04:50 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:15:12 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 23 #R:pucc-h:-49200:fortune:14700004:000:1009 fortune!rpw3 Jan 31 03:53:00 1984 Iomega is a real company. Their "Bernoulli" drive is a patented (by them) thing, so you won't find many others out there soon. They've been around for a while, but have mostly been trying to crack into the large OEM manufacturers as opposed to retail. It is really a floppy disk, but due to the Bournoulli (sp?) Effect next to a smooth plate (either steel or the plastic jacket, I forget), the floppy disk lies very flat and smooth. It is tolerant of dust and dirt because there is only the media pressure against the head, and the media will actually move out of the way of dust particles. Sort of the best of both worlds: access/density of a hard disk, ruggedness of a floppy. I wouldn't want to buy the disks the salesman had thrown on the floor, though, and maybe not any drive he had put them in -- heads do get scratches, you know. Rob Warnock UUCP: {sri-unix,amd70,hpda,harpo,ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!rpw3 DDD: (415)595-8444 USPS: Fortune Systems Corp, 101 Twin Dolphins Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065