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To: Tom Gebing who wrote (49773)	3/12/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: David S.	Read Replies (1) of 58324

Tom, I believe rewritable CD and DVD drives function by changing an internal layer from crystalline to amorphous and thus modifying the laser reflectivity. Unlike the magnetic mechanism on floppies and hard drives (and also Zip and Jaz) which can be switched back and forth forever, this chemical change on CD/DVD disks can only be flipped back and forth in a limited way. The specs on rewritable CDs say 1000 times is the max that can be expected. Therefore, they will be an alternative to Zips and Jaz if used only for backups or storage, but they will not be competitive where they are used over and over or if the data, images, etc. must be changed. Regards, David S. Long on Intel, Iomega, Neomagic

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