Arming the Mobile Warrior: Sharp to Offer Iomega Zip Drives in Notebook PC Line; Sharp's Mobile Customers to Benefit from the Capacity to Do More.

ROY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) today announced that Sharp Electronics Corporation -- a leader in mobile computing and communications solutions -- will offer the Iomega(R) notebook Zip(TM) drive as a standard or optional feature in select models of its notebook product line.

By increasing the capacity and flexibility of notebook computers, the Zip drive brings the power of desktop computing to mobile customers.

Specifically designed for PC manufacturers to include in notebook computers, Iomega's notebook Zip drive uses Iomega 100MB Zip disks -- offering 70 times the capacity of traditional floppy disks -- to give notebook customers the ability to backup, transport and store critical files while on the road.

The notebook Zip drive offers a 40 percent speed enhancement over the original SCSI or ATAPI Zip drive when saving, copying, dragging or dropping files in Windows 95; and lends important new functionality to notebook owners by giving them the ability to add inexpensive incremental storage, to transport and run large presentations and graphics files and to manage incoming e-mail and faxes, electronically.

"Sharp's decision to include the Zip drive as part of their notebook computer offering is a tremendous endorsement of Iomega's Zip technology and one that will clearly benefit mobile customers," said Andy Grolnick, general manager, Zip OEM business at Iomega.

"By providing increased hard drive capacity and flexibility -- via a storage solution that's being incorporated into millions of personal computers worldwide -- Sharp's mobile customers gain the ultimate storage solution to help unleash the full potential of their mobile computers."

"Users of the Sharp M Series of notebook computers will immediately recognize the benefits of the Iomega Zip Drive," said David Mills, associate director of marketing, Sharp Electronics Corporation's Corporate Sales Division,

"The drive offers mobile users the high-speed and convenient back-up, storage, archival and efficient data transfer methods that desktop users have enjoyed for years, which will maximize the productivity and convenience of the portable computing experience."

Sharp will be including Iomega's notebook Zip drive as a standard feature in its PC-M200Z notebook PC, and as an optional feature in the remainder of the M series of notebook PCs. These notebook PCs are designed to offer mobile customers the computing abilities that are inherent in desktop systems. They are expected to be available through corporate resellers by December 1997.

Iomega has established relationships with many notebook computer manufacturers, including Acer, Compal, Chicony, Clevo, Hitachi, IBM, Micron, NEC and Siemens Nixdorf. These companies have announced plans to offer notebook Zip drives as either standard or optional features in selected notebook models.

Additionally, the notebook Zip drive is expected to be available later this year from CNF Technologies for notebook computers manufactured by Compaq, IBM and Toshiba; and from VST Technologies for notebook computers manufactured by Apple and IBM.

Iomega's Zip drives can already be found as standard or optional features in selected desktop computers manufactured by the world's leading computer makers including Apple, Compaq, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Micron, Motorola, Packard Bell/NEC, Power Computing, Sony, UMAX and Unisys.

Iomega Corporation provides personal computer storage solutions that help people manage their computer stuff -- anywhere. These solutions include: Zip drives and disks; Jaz one-gigabyte drives and disks; and Ditto tape backup drives and tape cartridges. Used in homes, business, government and education, and by creative professionals, Iomega storage solutions are available through computer retail stores, resellers, major distributors and OEMs.

The company can be reached at 1-800-MY-STUFF (800/697-8833), http://www.iomega.com, and additional Iomega press releases can be accessed through the toll-free fax-back line (888-88-IOMEGA).

Sharp Electronics Corporation is the U.S. sales and marketing subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation, a worldwide developer of the core digital technologies that are playing an integral role in the emerging era of multimedia. A leader in liquid crystal display (LCD), optoelectronics, infrared and semiconductors, Sharp offers one of the broadest and most advanced lines of consumer electronics, business products and electronic components.

It has developed innovative, consumer-focused products such as the VIEWCAM(TM) LCD camcorder, the Zaurus(TM) PC Companion and multimedia notebook computers. To support its more than 50 product lines, Sharp Electronics employs approximately 3,100 people nationwide. -0-

Note to Editors: Statements contained in this release relating to the availability of notebook Zip drives and Sharp Electronics Corporation's plans to include the notebook Zip drive as a standard or optional feature in select models of its notebook product line are forward-looking statements.

There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements including market acceptance of, and demand for, the Company's drives and removable disk products, manufacturing, development and distribution issues, product pricing, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks identified in Iomega's prospectus filed in June 1996, its annual report for 1996 on Form 10K and its three most recent quarterly reports on Form 10Q as filed with the SEC. -0-

Iomega, Jaz, and the Iomega logo are registered trademarks of, and Zip, ZipPlus, Zip Built-In, Ditto, and clik! are trademarks of, Iomega Corporation. All other product and brand names are the property of their respective companies.

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