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The EZ 135 Drive is a 3.5" removable hard disk drive. It was introduced by SyQuest Technology in August 1995.
Specifications
- Capacity: 135MB
- Average Seek Time: 13.5ms
- Burst Transfer Rate: 4MB/sec
- 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):
- 135MB Cartridge: $20.00
- EZ 135 Drive - External SCSI: $240.00
- EZ 135 Drive - Internal IDE: $300
Sales
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 135MB. The Zip drive became very popular, and SyQuest's sales declined.
See also
External links
EZ135
"EZ 135 Drive"