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OBJECT TYPE
ZIP/100 MB/REMOVABLE
DATE
1996
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0004.001
MANUFACTURER
Iomega Corp.
MODEL
ZIP 100
LOCATION
Roy, Utah, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
6K1116
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
SYNTHETIC & METAL DISK/ SYNTHETIC CASE WITH PAPER LINER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
10.6 cm
Width
10.3 cm
Height
1.3 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Computing Technology
Category
Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Iomega
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Utah
City
Roy

Context

Country
North America
State/Province
Unknown
Period
UNUSED: APPEARED 1994, SUPERCEDED 1996
Canada
AMERICAN MADE DATA STORAGE DISK OF TYPE USED IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE. ZIP DISK DRIVE (& DISK) MADE MAJOR IMPACT IN COMPUTERIZED PUBLISHING & GRAPHICS CIRCLES. RAPID INCREASE IN SIZE OF FILES, ESP. THOSE WITH GRAPHIC IMAGES FOR PUBLISHING, REQUIRED NEW, MORE CONVENIENT METHOD OF DATA TRANSFER.ZIP DRIVE WAS OVERNIGHT SUCCESS.
Function
HIGH DENSITY REMOVABLE DISK USED TO STORE & TRANSFER LARGE COMPUTER FILES. IT HOLDS 100 MB OF DATA & WHEN PURCHASED WAS INITIALIZED FOR PCS, BUT COULD BE REFORMATTED FOR MACINTOSH COMPUTERS. PREFORMATTED VERSION FOR MAC COMPUTERS COULD ALSO BE PURCHASED.
Technical
APPEARING IN 1994/95, ZIP DRIVE & ITS 100 MB DISKS WERE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN REMOVABLE DATA STORAGE. IT WAS ADVANCEMENT ON HIGH DENSITY (1.4 MB) FLOPPY DRIVES IN USE SINCE 1987 & WAS DIRECT COMPETITOR WITH SYQUEST DRIVE, PREVIOUS STANDARD (SEE 970005). IN MID 1996 IOMEGA RELEASED SUCCESSOR TO ZIP, IOMEGA JAZ DRIVE WITH 1 GB DISKS.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON DISK DRIVE LABEL READING "zip 100 1 (TM)/ 100/ iomega"/ INCISED LETTERING ON DISK BACK READS "(C) Iomega 1994 patented and patents pending" & "6K1115"/ RED, WHITE, & BLACK LETTERING ON LINER READING IN PART "iomega (R) zip 100 disk/ Formatted/ for IBM-/ compatibles/ 1 (TM)/ iomega/ 100MB disk for use with Zip (TM) drive" ON FRONT, & ON BACK "Assembled in Taiwan" & "Iomega Corporation, 1821 West/ Iomega Way, Roy, Utah 84067"
Missing
COMPLETE
Finish
DARK GREY DISK WITH BRUSHED METAL PARTS, BLUE, WHITE, RED, & BLACK LABEL/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CASE/ PRIMARILY PURPLE LINER WITH MULTICOLOURED MARKINGS
Decoration
GREY MARKS RESEMBLING DOODLING ON DISK LABEL, REPRESENTING EYE, HAND, CURLED ARROW

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