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Hitachi Microdrive Travel Kit 1GB
Technical specifications | |
Device type | Portable microdrive |
Interface | Compatible with CompactFlash Type II |
Max. data transfer rate (via interface) | 13.3MB/s |
Storage capacity | 1GB |
Buffer size | 128KB |
Spindle rotation speed | 3600rpm |
Average seek time | 12ms |
Sustained read/write speed | Up to 4.2MB/s |
Weight | 0.016kg |
Dimensions | 5x42.8x36.4mm |
Approximate price | $190 |
IBM was the inventor of this traveling set, but now it belongs to Hitachi. The Microdrive media are compatible with the more popular and common standard, CompactFlash Type II (CF + Type II) and have 1GB storage capacity. The travel kit consists of the Microdrive disk itself placed in a small plastic box and the PC card adapter (formerly known as PCMCIA). The latter is inside a protective casing, too. This adapter allows using the miniature hard drive with notebooks and other CompactFlash II compatibles. Besides the disk and adapter, the package includes a multi-language installation manual and a diskette with the drivers for Windows 95/98.
For our tests we used only the Microdrive disk itself.
