SyQuest EZ 135 Drive

SyQuest EZ 135 Drive

The EZ 135 Drive is a 3.5" removable hard disk drive. It was introduced by SyQuest Technology in August 1995. It had a maximum capacity of 135 MB per disk.

A successor drive, known as the SyQuest EZFlyer was released in 1996. It was backwards compatible with the EZ 135 disks, and could utilize a higher capacity 230 MB disk.

pecifications

* Capacity: 135 MB
* Average Seek Time: 13.5ms
* Burst Transfer Rate: 4 MB/s
* Buffer Size: 64K
* Mechanism rated for: 200,000 hours

Interfaces

The EZ 135 Drive was available with several interfaces.

The external drive was available with parallel or SCSI interfaces.

The internal drive was availale with IDE or SCSI interfaces.

Pricing

At introduction, the EZ 135 Drive had the following prices (in US Dollars):

* 135 MB Cartridge: $20.00
* EZ 135 Drive - External SCSI: $240.00
* EZ 135 Drive - Internal IDE: $200.00

ales

The EZ 135 Drive was designed to be a competitor to the Iomega Zip drive. The original box listed several advantages:
* Much Faster
* Higher Capacity
* 2-Year Warranty

Additionally, the removable hard disk cartridges included a 5-Year Warranty.

Unfortunately, the EZ 135 Drive was not backwards compatible with other SyQuest drives, and the original capacity was never increased beyond 135 MB. The Zip drive became very popular, and SyQuest's sales declined.

ee also

* SyQuest Technology
* Zip drive
* Jaz drive
* Orb Drive

External links

* [http://www.syquest.com/ SYQT homepage]
* [http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/info/hdwr/zip-drive-vs-ez-135-11.txt Comparison of Zip and EZ-135 drives]
* [http://www.fool.com/Features/1996/sp0603a.htm SyQuest EZFlyer Information]
* [http://www.germane-software.com/~ser/Files/Software/EZFlyer.html EZFlyer 230 Review]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=EZFlyer+disk&i=42958,00.asp EZFlyer Disk Definition]


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