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- ↑ Deichmann, Pete (16 August 2013). "Hack the Dell RD1000 / Imation RDX?" (video). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Dell makes these, Imation mkes one called the RDX. ... The cartridges are interchangeable. ... Inside the cartridge you'll find a standard-looking 2.5-inch laptop hard drive. ... It's got a pair of silicone bumpers that just peel right off. And here we have a Fujitsu 160GB Serial ATA hard drive; appears to be totally standard. ... Either there is some proprietary thing in the way these Fujitsu drive are configured in the BIOS or in the way they are formatted....
- ↑ Lui, Gough (11 December 2016). "Canb2016: Special 2 – iomega REV 35Gb/90Gb Drives & Disks". Dr. Gough's Techzone. Gough Lui. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
A thick metal swing-door front with rubber gasket covers the cartridge opening. The latch is released from the underside to reveal … [photo] … four exposed contacts for driving the spindle motor, a single platter, and a plastic ramp for loading the heads.
- ↑ "Technology Advantages of the RDX ® QuikStor" (PDF). Tandberg Data. Tandberg Data. 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
Inserting a media to a drive is just done via an electronical connection without any physical load of the media like it is done with tape.