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IOmega Clik drive $18
IOmega Clik drive $18

New MessageIOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Steve
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$18 at buy.com
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/DOTD/DOTD.asp?sku=70002528
Would somebody who knows please explain what the interface is. is it a flash connector, laptop IDE connector, PCMCIA?
This might fit in nice in place of the modem with that slot already open in the case.
if it's laptop IDE is would be nice for the GCT. if it's PCMCIA it would be good for the Epods and the Panasonic CF-01.
06-06-2001 11:44:10

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Steve
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from what I'm reading it looks like it's pcmcia (PC Card).
06-06-2001 12:26:49

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) yellow1
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Yeah I'd say PCMCIA card too.
Went to the Iomega website and read that Clik became PocketZip at some point
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/family.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=87&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=27231&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=67&bmUID=991858904732
Media is not terribly cheap though at about $10 a disk when you buy 10.
Maybe I'd get one if it held 100megs !

PS - It's not clear whether the buy of the day comes with one disk or not.

06-06-2001 13:27:54

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) LD37
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"Removable Storage Type - 1 x Clik proprietary"

you get 1 removeable Clik drive with the adapter

06-06-2001 13:39:31

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) yellow1
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Yeah saw that, just wondering why they write "type", it's a bit confusing.
06-06-2001 14:10:58

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) yellow1
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hum...
from the Anandtech board:" Wednesday, June 06, 2001 2:26 PM (NEW!)

I just called CS and they said that the drive DOES NOT come with the 40MB disk. It is only the reader. Also they said that it Does support Windows NT. The disks don't look all that cheap either!"
06-06-2001 14:46:22

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Steve
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they're webpage is very misleading then. it looks like it includes a Clik disk. the ones being sold on ebay include a disk.
06-06-2001 15:41:38

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) smee
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Direct from IOmega:

PCMCIA drive and 4 disks for $49.99

06-07-2001 12:45:25

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) laserfan
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The CLIKs were indeed the complete retail package with disk, drive, CD-ROM, even a spiffy hard shell carrying case. A terrific deal, though I notice our local MicroCenter has them also for $20.
06-11-2001 19:42:11

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru
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Micro Center, Santa Clara is out since Friday. They went pretty fast after it was advertised in their flyer. A terrific deal while it lasted!

BTW, these work well with linux using the ide-floppy driver. A nice way to transport an entire kernel source tree or a small distribution to a mini-notebook like the HP Omnibook 800, Toshiba Libretto or Panasonic CF-01, without having to use a 10BaseT cross-over cable. It greatly improves the usability of mini-notebooks without internal floppy drives.

06-25-2001 17:32:58

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru
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Clik! drives back in stock at MicroCenter, Santa Clara, for $19.95.

http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=whatever&Post=1876&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=

and scroll to the bottom.

06-30-2001 21:30:58

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) ombuman
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Has anyone succeeded in using an iomega clik/pocketzip pmcia drive with the gctp. Has anyone done it with the gctp running linux?

Thanks
Mike G.

07-13-2001 08:27:43

New MessageRE:IOmega Clik drive $18 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru
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I don't have a GCTP, but I have set it up successfully under Win95 on several Thinkpads(trivial); and with Linux 2.2.15/2.2.16 on a couple of machines, including a HP Omnibook 800cs and a generic tower machine with a PCMCIA 5.25" CardDock adapter that connects to an ISA card - which just happens to have been supported by Linux pcmcia-cs for quite a while.

The main gotcha is getting the ide-floppy.c source/patch with Clik drive support and rebuilding it as instructed.

I still have one minor (unresolved) issue with ppp and the clik drive. For some reason, I cannot successfully connect to my ISP (dial-up connection with ppp) while the click drive is inserted, recognized and ready. The workaround is to perform a 'cardctl eject <slot>' and then physically eject the clik drive (not just the cartridge) before dialing. This is a problem only on the unit with the PCMCIA CardDock (I'd guess that there's an IRQ and/or IO address range conflict).

07-15-2001 22:23:23

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