New 1Gig Drive Is Causing Some Jazz

  • 03/01/96

Iomega's new Jaz drive uses 1GB (gigabyte) cartridges and performs faster than some hard disks.

Available in external and internal units, Jaz drives boast a seek time of 12 ms, an access time of 17 ms and an average transfer rate of 5.53 MB/sec. That is fast enough to run demanding applications such as full-screen, full-motion video directly off the drive.

Applications are endless: Back up a 1GB hard drive in under five minutes; store eight hours of CD audio; record a two-hour movie; transfer graphics files to service bureaus.

Or add one Jaz drive to a school lab or media center to instantly provide unlimited storage space and new flexibility for users.

Jaz media is fully protected inside a hard case. With data compression, up to 2GB fits on a disk.

A SCSI device, Jaz drives work with Macs and DOS/Windows machines. Auto-termination sets it up automatically, regardless of its location in a SCSI chain. A motorized mounting and ejection system is another plus.

Jaz software tools for file cataloging are included; a travel case for the portable drive is optional. Media runs $124 per 1GB disk or $499 for a five pack; the drive itself retails for $599. Iomega Corp., Roy, UT, (800) my stuff. MDW

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