Disk Pack                     removable data storage, IBM PC/Mac
Removable Data Storage
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Disk Pack, a removable data storage device from Informatique
Electronique Francais (IEF), combines the speed and capacity of a
hard-disk drive, the convenience and portability of a floppy-disk
drive, and the safety of a tape backup unit in a rugged plug-in
module about the size of a paperback book. Storage capacity of
the module ranges from 42 to 170 megabytes and access time is
18ms (12 ms with RAM cache).
 
You can use separate Disk Packs to keep your work organized and
to carry or even mail large work files between your office and
remote sites. You can also interchange modules to switch
applications and link them up for as much as a half-gigabyte of
on-line data storage. For security, you can slide out the Disk
Pack and lock it up, or the device's security system keeps your
data safe from unauthorized personnel.
 
Disk Packs plug into IEF's Tower Pack Systems for DOS or Apple
computers. Tower 386 and Tower Macintosh II are available in
configurations for one or two 5.25-inch (360K-byte or
1.2-megabyte) or 3.5-inch (760K-byte or 1.44-megabyte) disk
drives. Systems come complete with one or two integrated Disk
Packs and a control panel with lock, switches, and indicators.
The unit weighs 2.4 pounds.
 
Price: Not Available.
 
Contact: Informatique Electronique Francais, 217, Quai de
Stalingrad, 92130 Issy les Moulineaux, France, 33-1-45-57-14-14.
 
                              --- Martha Hicks
 
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