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To: Jason Wortham who wrote (113)	5/21/1996 6:44:00 PM
From: Scott Maxwell	of 156

I ran onto the release later. Here's the part about the disk: "The 3.75-inch, magnetic writable disk packs 64 Mbytes, 30 to 40 percent of which is designed to be writable, said executive vice president Peter Main. Introduction is expected early next year. "Nintendo's strategy is to stay with its ROM cartridge to take advantage of direct memory access but to add a bulk disk for storing games and for future network connections," said Rick Sizemore, president of Total Research in Multi-Media (Scottsdale, Ariz.). " Sounds peculiar, but these are smart guys. If they didn't use Zip there's a good reason; you'll note it says nothing about being _removeable_.

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