zip drive

[Bill Crosbie]

>One problem of providing the drives is compatibility.  While Iomega is 
>the market leader, I have no idea if it is very dominent, and each maker 
>has it's own technology (the disks range from 100 mb. on up in size, 
>depending on the maker).
>

Jim and everyone else... :-)

Reports from Infoworld indicate that Iomega (Zip's maker) has just landed
deals to have Zip drives included as standard components in a number of PC
manufacturer's offerings.  It seems that they are well positioned to become
a standard.

Also - Zip drives have been seen for at least as low as $190 (US) with
cartridges (disks?) running about $20 (US).  Someone had mentioned a $500
price tag, but I think that is for the Ziup's big brother, the Jaz drive,
which can handle up to 1GB of Data.
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