Re: Syquest PCMCIA drive w/ removable media

["Tom Ho" <tomho@singnet.com.sg>]

> Date:          Mon, 07 Oct 1996 14:22:48 -0400
> From:          "John H. Kim" <jokim@MIT.EDU>
> To:            thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> Subject:       Syquest PCMCIA drive w/ removable media

> I stumbled across this while browsing some palmtop pages and thought
> it might be of interest to others here.
> 
> http://www.syquest.com/syquest/p960109b.htm
> http://www.microtechint.com/PRpages/PRSQ1100
> 
> It's a PCMCIA type III device with a removable 100 MB cartridge
> (a-la ZIP and other Syquest products).  Basically a Zip-like drive
> that fits into a PCMCIA slot.  Cartridges are about 2" square and
> weigh less than an ounce - pretty impressive for 100 MB.  I can't
> find any more info about it.  Was it discontinued?  Is it really
> ugly and sticks a foot outside the PCMCIA slot or something? 
> Anybody know any more? -- John H. Kim jokim@mit.edu
> 
Hi, I called the local distributor for Syquest for my area and got 
the answer that Syquest actually never manufactured this drive for 
sale in the market. They did some produced as prototype or something 
but so far they don't have any intention to mass produce them. 
Personally, I think it is better than using a zip drive except the 
costs factor. It does require external power supply and doesn't take 
up a lot of space when travelling. May be if more people make 
enough request they might seriously consider to start making it for 
the market.
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Tom Ho
tomho@singnet.com.sg
Singapore