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==Products== Syquest's product line included such devices as the following:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/syquest/brochures|title = Index of /PDF/Syquest/Brochures}}</ref> Fixed Media Drives (unformatted capacity): * SQ306F fixed-disk hard drive. 6.38 MB. 5.0 MBit/s. 3 m/s track-to-track. 3,547 rpm. 12,000 bpi. 306 cyl, 2 heads, 1 disc.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/syquest/brochures/SQ306_Brochure_Sep82.pdf | title=SyQuest - SQ306 | website=www.bitsavers.org}}</ref> * SQ312F fixed-disk hard drive. 12.75 MB. * SQ325F fixed-disk hard drive. 25.5 MB using MFM encoding. Specs: 612 cylinders, 4 heads, no WPC, no RWC, fastest step rate. * SQ338F fixed-disk hard drive. 38.2 MB. Supports MFM or RLL encoding. Specs: 615 cylinders, 6 heads, no WPC, no RWC, fastest step rate. Removable Media Drives (formatted capacity): * SQ306RD drive/SQ100 disk. 5 MB using [[Modified Frequency Modulation|MFM]] encoding. * SQ312RD drive/SQ200 disk (SyQuest used the SQ200 model number again for a desktop drive in 1994). 10 MB using MFM encoding. * SQ319RD drive/SQ300 disk. 15 MB using [[Run Length Limited|RLL]] encoding (10 MB using MFM encoding). * SQ2542 drive/disk β 42 MB 2.5" The Iota series. * SQ555 drive/SQ400 disk β 44 MB 5.25". internal SCSI. Also used in the Atari Megafile 44 ([http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv4n8/syquest.html Review in Atari Start Magazine March 1990]) and sold as part of the [[E-mu Systems]] RM45 β Removable Media Storage System. * SQ5110 drive/SQ800 disk β 88 MB 5.25". internal SCSI. Compatible with SQ400 disk. * SQ5200C drive/SQ2000 disk β 200 MB 5.25" internal SCSI. The external desktop version of the SQ5200C was named SQ200, not to be confused with the earlier model SQ200 10 MB disks. Compatible with SQ400 and SQ800 disks. * SQ3105 drive/SQ310 disk β 105 MB. * SQ3270 drive/SQ327 disk β 270 MB. Compatible with SQ310 disk. * [[EZ135]] aka EZDrive 135/EZ135 disk β 135 MB 3.5" removable-disk hard drive. Competitor to Iomega's [[Zip drive]]. This was available in SCSI, IDE and parallel port versions. * EZFlyer aka EZFlyer 230 drive/EZ230 disk β 230 MB 3.5" removable-disk hard drive. EZ135 compatible. Positioned as an upgrade to the EZ135. * SyJet drive/SQ1500 disk β 1.5 GB removable-disk hard drive. Competitor to Iomega's [[Jaz drive]]). * [[SparQ drive]]/SparQ disk β 1.0 GB 3.5" removable-disk hard drive. Lower cost per MB than the SyJet. * Quest drive/Quest disc β a 4.7 GB removable-disk hard drive. [https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Quest+disk&i=50072,00.asp PC Magazine definition]. Available for a short time in 1998. The 5.25" removable-disk hard drives with 44 MB, 88 MB, and 200 MB capacities were mostly used on Macintosh systems via the SCSI interface.
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