SyQuest
| SyQuest Technology, Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | January 27, 1982 |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Seat | United States |
| Branch | Removable disk drives , removable media |
SyQuest Technology, Inc. (also known as SYQT, Inc. known) was one of the leading manufacturers of removable hard drives . Until the bankruptcy at the end of 1998, the company's drives and media were the quasi-epitome for backup and data exchange technology , especially in very data-intensive areas of application such as image processing and print preparation .
After the bankruptcy, most of the rights and patents as well as large parts of the company were taken over by the fiercest competitor Iomega . The company changed its name to SyQt and continued to operate an internet shop for a few years, in which the subsidiary Syquest Repair sold reconditioned SyJet and SparQ drives.
With a few exceptions, the SyQuest drives were connected to the computer via a SCSI interface.
Products
The following product models were manufactured by SyQuest:
| drive | Interfaces | size | medium | Capacity (formatted) |
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| SQ306RD | ST506 | 3.9 ″ | SQ100 | 5 MB | |
| SQ312RD | ST506 | 3.9 ″ | SQ200 | 10 MB | |
| SQ319RD | ST506 | 3.9 ″ | SQ300 | 15 MB | 10 MB capacity with MFM encoding |
| SQ325F | ST506 | 3.9 ″ | - | 20 MB | Medium cannot be removed |
| SQ338F | ST506 | 3.9 ″ | - | 30 MB | Medium cannot be removed |
| SQ2542 | IDE / AT | 2½ ″ | ??? | 42 MB | |
| SQ555 | SCSI | 5¼ ″ | SQ400 | 44 MB | Is also in Atari Mega File 44 used |
| SQ5110 | SCSI | 5¼ ″ | SQ800 | 88 MB | Can also use SQ400 media |
| SQ5200C | SCSI | 5¼ ″ | SQ2000 | 200 MB | Available as an external drive as the SQ200, it can also use SQ400 and SQ800 media |
| SQ3105 | SCSI / IDE | 3½ ″ | SQ310 | 105 MB | |
| SQ3270 | SCSI / IDE | 3½ ″ | SQ327 | 270 MB | Can also use SQ310 media |
| EZDrive 135 | SCSI / IDE / parallel | 3½ ″ | EZ135 | 135 MB | |
| EZFlyer 230 | SCSI / IDE / parallel | 3½ ″ | EZ230 | 230 MB | Can also use EZ135 media |
| SyJet | SCSI / IDE / parallel | 3½ ″ | SQ1500 | 1.5 GB | |
| SparQ | IDE / parallel | 3½ ″ | ??? | 1.0 GB | |
| Quest drive | UW SCSI | 3½ ″ | Quest disc | 4.7 GB |
The later spread of simultaneously inexpensive and large-volume data storage media such as the compact disc and the digital versatile disc has almost completely replaced these fast storage media , which are known to be very reliable .
Examples
Insertable plate for the SyQuest removable drive model SQ3105S
SyQuest removable drive model SQ3105S for 105MB cartridge removable disk
Web links
- SYQT
- Iomega
- Documents on SyQuest drives at bitsavers.org