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To: Steve 667 who wrote (19907)	4/2/2001 3:25:14 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (2) of 60323

Back in 1981, I used Wordstar on an Apple II+ with CPM card and a total of 44k memory. It was a fast, efficient, and robust word processor, which still works and does most of the things one needs for ordinary use. The CPM system (later adapted by MSFT to create the first DOS) was the key to the effectiveness by keeping only the portion of the software currently needed in RAM and leaving the rest on the floppy disk. Regarding the Dataplay disks, I think they certainly will be more in demand than the Sony Minidisk, which doesn't hold nearly as much information but has similar dimensions. There are likely to be two markets here--a high performance, high end market using low current demands of flash memory, and utterly immune to physical shock--and a lower cost market for people satisfied with lower performance, higher current demand, and the possibility of loss of signal from sudden bumps or jars. There is an additional problem with a Dataplay disk when it comes to getting rid of unwanted photo images. You can't, unless you transfer the images first to another medium like a hard disk and then record only the images you want to save on another Dataplay disk. Art

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