[1][2] At the time of its introduction, it was the smallest hard disk drive in the world, being only 1.3-inches in size.

It appears that some variations of the hard drive were produced with PC card interface as well.

Kittyhawk was claimed to be able to survive a 3-foot drop onto concrete while operating without loss of data.

[citation needed] Despite its remarkable characteristics, Kittyhawk turned out to be a commercial failure.

A few OEM suppliers adopted the drive, including an early pen based computer maker EO, which ran the GO operating system.