Microcomputer Peripheral, Bernoulli Box Computer memory Device
date: label: date made
content: 1985
name: label: maker
content: Iomega Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This computer memory device employed an aerodynamic principle known as the Bernoulli effect to pull a flexible disk up to the drive's read-write heads, where a cushion of air protected the heads from hitting the magnetic storage platter. The manufacturers claimed that the design was essentially crash-proof, that one could add virtually unlimited capacity by using more Bernoulli disks, and that one could transport large files and store them away from the computer for security. This particular Bernoulli box held two disk cartridges. It was used by the late Harry Mark Berman, a new Jersey tax accountant and the brother of the donor, in conjunction with an IBM microcomputer. In addition to the box itself, there is a black plastic flexible disk cartridge with a blue paper sleeve. The cartridge held an 8" disk - there is no example of such a disk as part of this accession.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Utah, Roy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In Memory of Harry Mark Berman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0006.01
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0006.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microcomputer peripheral
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.8 cm x 31.6 cm x 43.5 cm; 6 7/32 in x 12 7/16 in x 17 1/8 in