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January 1998
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/ Small but Dense Hard Drives
IBM introduces the new Travelstar 8GS hard drive for notebooks. The disk has a capacity of 8.1 GB. The 8GS is only two-thirds of an inch thick (about the size of a music cassette tape) but, IBM says, the little device can hold 3 billion bits per square inch, which accounts for its comparatively large capacity. It has a 512-KB data buffer, 4900-rpm speed, and 1
07.6-Mbps transfer rate. Priced at $649, the Travelstar will be available as an upgrade option for notebook systems. IBM also has a thinner drive, called the 3GN, that holds 3 GB.
Contact: IBM Storage Systems Division, San Jose, CA
Phone: 800-426-7777 or 408-276-4009
Internet:
http://www.ibm.com/storage
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