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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (1075)	6/24/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Philip J. Davis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Reliability Problems Hamper HiFD maximumpcmag.com >>Dress HiFD in a striped red and white sweater and call it Where's Waldo. Although the 200MB HiFD drive has been in the works for almost two years now, the high capacity floppy challenge to Zip has yet to appear. Two of its supporters, Sony and Teac, kept a candle in the window by displaying HiFD drives at their PC Expo booths. A little digging trudged up some dirt though. According to sources close to one of the companies, reliability problems with the floating head technology has prevented production ramp ups. Currently, the drive is having problems with the head coming into contact with the media when the drive is stressed. When this happens, the media is essentially ruined, and all parties have agreed not to release the drive until the issue is ironed out and the drive is "bulletproof." As to when this may be, nobody is certain.<<

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (1075)	6/25/1999 2:44:00 AM
From: David S.	Respond to of 5023

Rockie-beenie-baby, Since you are enamoured with the wind-up radio and the imaginary Clik drive with such a device, why don't you power-up the propeller on your beenie the same way. Twist your ear three times, tweek your nose, and off you go. You are a wonder boy baby, a real treasure to behold. Where did your mother leave you? With the alligators in the sewers of NY? regrets, David S. INTC DELL HD WCOM LU IOM ANSC UNPH SDLI KO QQQ DCLK AOL

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (1075)	6/25/1999 8:51:00 AM
From: John Solder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

willing to throw just about any crazy idea up against the wall from time to time and just see what sticks. Sony had the same approach with their disaster HiFUD. Except they can't even manage to hit the wall with it. What a joke product, what a failed engineering effort. Sony is good at stealing technology from others, not so good at designing it themselves. Hahahaahahah Hahahahaha.

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (1075)	6/25/1999 11:08:00 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

Rocky - Re: Wind-up power The reason people mocked your response to the wind-up Clik! post is not that it was a silly idea, which I think we all agree it is. What your response demonstrated so clearly was how your eagerness to put Iomega down causes you to respond with extreme negative hype to any Iomega-related stimulus. Without even looking at the URL, you slammed Iomega again. Let me restate that in less difficult terms. You don't seem think before you post. You see an Iomega news item or idea, and you respond negatively. There's a big difference between analysis and a conditioned response. I know you don't want people to think you are a fool. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but a lot of what you do here makes you look like a fool. Sincerely, in the hope of making the world a better place, Allen

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (1075)	6/25/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

re: wind-up power: allow me to point out that the U.S. military is considering to use the wind-up device that you so deride for GPS systems and possibly other applications. the firm that has patented the device in question (i forget it's name) apparently has made great strides in perfecting it. you may expect the wind-up thingy to show up in many portable, currently solely battery-powered devices in the future. in other words, IOM has correctly recognized the latest trend and has wisely decided to be part of it. i would agree that a number of things may still go wrong with IOM, but clearly there is also a lot of potential. the sell-off induced by the recent profit warning looked very much like capitulation selling to me, and while it is possible that the price of the stock could drift lower once again from current levels it seems to me that a bottom has either already been put in or is near; IOM is one of only a handful of stocks sporting greater put open interest than call o.i. years of experience have taught me that such stocks have usually limited downside, as the sellers of the puts are the 'smart money'. they are seldom wrong. regards, hb