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An Iomega Zip Drive
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An Iomega '''Zip Drive'''
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==The Zip Drive==
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The '''zip drive''' is a portable computer storage system created to help improve the capacity for files from a single computer or network. The company Iomega developed and then released the first zip drive in 1994. The original '''zip drive''' stored up to 100 MB of memory, compared to the floppy disk's 10 MB of memory during that time period. A modern '''zip drive''' can hold up to 2 GB of memory.
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===Overview===
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The '''zip drive''' was an upgraded version of one of Iomega's previous inventions, the Bernoulli Box.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:05, 24 August 2011

Page created by JOHN KIM.

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An Iomega Zip Drive

The Zip Drive

The zip drive is a portable computer storage system created to help improve the capacity for files from a single computer or network. The company Iomega developed and then released the first zip drive in 1994. The original zip drive stored up to 100 MB of memory, compared to the floppy disk's 10 MB of memory during that time period. A modern zip drive can hold up to 2 GB of memory.

Overview

The zip drive was an upgraded version of one of Iomega's previous inventions, the Bernoulli Box.

References

  1. http://www.digicircle.com/images/product_image/