Caleb UHD144

Caleb UHD144

The Caleb Technology UHD144 ("Ultra High Density") was a floptical-based 144 MB floppy disk system introduced in early 1998, marketed as the it drive. Like other floptical-like systems, the UHD144 could read and write standard 720KB and 1.44MB -inch disks as well. Its main advantage was the low cost of the media, which averaged about $5 shortly after introduction -- in wider production prices would have fallen.

The UHD144 had little chance in the marketplace, being squeezed by the Iomega ZIP and Imation LS-120 for floppy-like large-storage needs, and the rapid introduction of the writable CD-ROM shortly after its introduction. The company went bankrupt in early 2002.

References

* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19944718.html "Caleb Technology Corp.'s Ultra High Density Floppy Disk Drive to Include Adaptec's DMC Chipset"] , "Business Wire", 1997-11-03
* [http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/13/byefloppy.idg/index.html?eref=sitesearch "Two new reasons to kiss your floppy drive goodbye"] , "PCWORLD.COM", 1998-10-13
* [http://www.glencoe.com/norton/n-instructor-/updates/1998/103198-2.html "SuperFloppies! Floppy Disk Size, Hard Disk Capacity"] , "Glencoe", 1998-10-31
* [http://www.hal-pc.org/journal/dec99/Column/trumors/trumors.html "The Latest Trumors"] , "HAL-PC Magazine", Beverly Rosenbaum, 1999-12-03


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