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Que! LS-240 SuperDisk external drive Announced

Peter Judson - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:36pm (PST) Like +my favourites

The latest-generation SuperDisk drive, the Que! LS-240 uses FD-32MB technology, which allows up to 32MB to be stored on a single disk. The new drive's USB interface makes it compatible with both PC and Mac computers -- and backward compatible with 1.44MB and LS120MB disks. QPS will begin shipping the drive worldwide in May 2001. The U.S. price is $179 MSRP.

"With the new FD-32MB technology, users get twice the disk-storage capacity of an LS-120 SuperDisk, and they get about 22 times the capacity of a conventional floppy-disk. The Que! LS-240 Drive is a great solution for storing sound, picture and presentation data. We think it will be well received, particularly in the education market where there is heavy usage of the LS-120," said Pierre Abboud, vice president of QPS.

QPS will also offer the Que! LS-240 SuperDisk as an option for its Que! D2 Dual Drive, the most versatile FireWire storage solution available. The D2 combines an external hard drive with a built-in removable media drive, which can be either an LS-120/LS-240 SuperDisk or a 640MB MO drive. By connecting the D2 with one FireWire cable, the user can quickly access both the hard disk and the removable media drive. The Que! D2 is Mac and PC compatible.

"There will be a strong market for our combo drives," concluded Abboud. "Our dealers have already expressed a high interest in them."

Source: Press Release

Section: Storage