HP 4/8GB DAT Drive vs Iomega Zip Drive Internal 250mb Atapi Black

Comparison of 4/8GB DAT Drive, Zip Drive Internal 250mb Atapi Black

17 specifications	A HP 4/8GB DAT DriveView product	B Iomega Zip Drive Internal 250mb Atapi BlackView product
Performance1 differ
Media typeDiffers	Tape Cartridge	Zip disk
InterfaceKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	IDE (ATAPI)
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 / 98SE / Me / Windows 2000 SP2 / XP Power Macintosh G4/G3 - Mac OS 8.6 through 10.2.1+
Data storage typeKnown for one	DAT	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Compression ratioKnown for one	2:1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourKnown for one	Grey	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storageidentical
Storage capacityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	250 MB
Native capacityKnown for one	4 GB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Compressed capacityKnown for one	8 GB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transmissionidentical
Burst transfer rateKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	26.7 MB/s
Data transfer rateKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	2.4 Mbit/s
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	390 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	163.6 x 101.4 x 25.4 mm
Seek timeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	55 ms
Technical detailsidentical
Average latencyKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	29 ms

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