JUNE 17, 1999, 9 AM EDT
Microtech today announced it has been selected as the first North American
distributor to bring the highly-anticipated IBM 340 MB microdrive to market.
The microdrive is the world's *smallest hard disk drive, measuring just 42.8 x 36.4
x 5.0 mm. The drive is designed to the newly adopted CF+ Type II standard.
The microdrive has a disk platter the size of a large coin and weighs less
than a AA battery. The new device can hold: 1,000 digital
photographs
compressed; six hours of near CD-quality audio; 300 hefty novels; or the equivalent
of
more than 200 standard-size floppy disks. IBM
microdrive uses
high-performance, time-proven hard disk drive technology to store
information. The drive
has a much lower cost-per-megabyte and holds more content than alternate
small-format storage technologies.
Available in 170MB and 340MB capacities, with or without a CF II to PC Card
Type II adapter, the drive is a plug and play alternative to slower and more
>expensive flash memory based cards.
Employing IBM's giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology along with an
innovative power management scheme, the new device promises performance
exceeding that of any flash memory PC Card at up to 3MB per second.
As compared to the fastest flash memory cards advertised, the
microdrive performs at hard drive speed. In addition, an all metal casing and
newly developed head parking mechanism ensure reliable operation, even in a
highly mobile environment such as digital photojournalism.
After a long and intensive search, IBM has selected Microtech as the premier
distribution partner for the microdrive, based in part on its well established
expertise in the digital photographic marketplace and their years of experience
with disk drive technology. In addition to distributing the drives, Microtech
has been chosen to supply warranty and tech support for all Microdrives sold by
them. A special Microtech warranty registration card is included in each
package, allowing purchasers to register via several methods and receive a
special gift. Online registrants are eligible to win additional prizes.
Microtech has a long history of supplying state-of-the-art storage solutions to
the computing world, including the first commercially available SCSI PC Card
reader in 1994 and the newly announced USB CameraMate, the first digital film
reader to support the CF+ II standard.
"We at Microtech view this opportunity as a milestone in our history, and
are
very proud to share our nationwide network of professional digital photography
dealers with IBM," said Brian Campbell, President of Microtech.
"We believe each of them will supply customers with exemplary
customer service and satisfaction."
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