{{Short description|High capacity floppy disk system}} {{no footnotes|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022|cs1-dates=y}} {{Use list-defined references|date=January 2022}} thumb|right|Caleb UHD144 and disks The '''Caleb Technology UHD144''' (''Ultra High Density'') is a floptical-based 144 MB floppy disk system introduced in early 1998, marketed as the '''it''' drive. Like other floptical-like systems, the UHD144 can read and write standard 720 KB and 1.44 MB 3½-inch disks as well. Its main advantage over similar devices like the SuperDisk was the low cost of the media, which averaged about $5 shortly after introduction — in wider production, prices would have fallen.
The UHD144 had little chance in the marketplace, being squeezed out by the Iomega ZIP and Imation LS-120 for floppy large-storage needs, and the rapid introduction of the writable CD-ROM shortly after its introduction. The company went bankrupt in early 2002.
==See also== * SuperDisk * Sony HiFD * Zip drive * Floppy disk
==References== * [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19944718.html ''Caleb Technology Corp.'s Ultra High Density Floppy Disk Drive to Include Adaptec's DMC Chipset''], ''Business Wire'', 1997-11-03 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522005506/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/13/byefloppy.idg/index.html?eref=sitesearch ''Two new reasons to kiss your floppy drive goodbye''], ''PCWORLD.COM'', 1998-10-13 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212354/http://www.glencoe.com/norton/n-instructor-/updates/1998/103198-2.html ''SuperFloppies! Floppy Disk Size, Hard Disk Capacity''], ''Glencoe'', 1998-10-31 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050309081740/http://www.hal-pc.org/journal/dec99/Column/trumors/trumors.html ''The Latest Trumors''], ''HAL-PC Magazine'', Beverly Rosenbaum, 1999-12-03
Category:Floppy disk drives