Iomega heeft een nieuwe Zip drive gereleased. Het ding heeft een capaciteit van 250Meg en wordt middels de USB poort aansluiting. USB Workshop heeft de press release en voor zover ik het begrepen heb heeft dit model vergeleken met oudere Zip drives een compactere behuizing:
Iomega Corporation today announced a new Zip® 250MB Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive for both PC and Mac users.At one inch thick and weighing just under a pound, the new slim and light Zip® 250MB USB drive, which can be fit into a pocket eliminates the need for larger parallel port or SCSI conversion cables. The new Zip drive is compatable with the company's 100MB disks. The new Zip® 250MB USB drive is compatible with computers running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or MacOs 8.1 or above, and provides hot ``plug and play'' (except when running Windows NT 4.0). The cable which allows the Zip® 250MB USB drive to be connected via a PCMCIA slot in notebooks running Windows 95 or Windows 98, is sold separately. Also with the PCMCIA connection, users do not need a power supply.The Zip® 250MB USB drive ships today and is expected to be available by the end of Q3 1999 in U.S. and Japan. Availability in Europe is expected in Q4 1999. The estimated street price of the Zip® 250MB USB drive is at $179.95 (U.S.), with Zip® 250MB disks available at an estimated street price of $16.65 (U.S.) each for a package of six. The PCMCIA cable, which is sold separately, is expected to be available in Q4 1999 for about $39.95 (U.S.). The Zip® 250MB USB drive package includes one Zip® 250MB disk, a USB cable power supply, a USB guideline sheet and a USB ``Quick Start'' guide.