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To: DOUG H who wrote (23967)	6/25/1999 3:31:00 AM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

>>Greg, does this mean that I'll be finding free AOL computer tied to my Sunday paper?<< Doug Yes free computer but the monitor,now thats a whole other story. :-) Ed

To: DOUG H who wrote (23967)	6/25/1999 8:48:00 AM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

someday your paper will be a computer.. <gg> G

To: DOUG H who wrote (23967)	6/29/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Doug do you remember this comment from you : does this mean that I'll be finding free AOL computer tied to my Sunday paper? And I said someday your paper will be a computer. Well someday is NOW read below. Xerox, 3M Agree To Manufacture Electronic Paper Get Quote, Company Info: XRX, MMM Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (June 29) - Xerox Corp. will announce Tuesday that it has signed a manufacturing agreement with 3M in a move to turn one of its research projects -- electronic paper -- into a commercial product. Electronic paper is a new kind of reusable electronic display, like a computer screen but more portable and convenient. A bit thicker than ordinary paper but almost as flexible, it has been in development at Xerox's fabled Palo Alto Research Center for about four years. Electronic paper's display capabilities make it suitable for such applications as electronic newspapers that could add late-breaking news even as they were being read. But do not expect to see it any time soon. ''Currently we are working on manufacturing and volume,'' said Bob Sprague, manager of Xerox PARC's Document Hardware Lab. ''It won't be on the market in the next year.'' Sprague said Xerox might sign many different deals with hardware companies and content developers but had nothing else to announce for now. Electronic paper is built on a display technology called ''gyricon'' developed at Xerox PARC over a decade ago. Small beads, resembling toner particles but a bit larger, are enmeshed in a flexible binder sheet, where they are uniformly distributed. The beads rotate to present one side to the viewer when a pattern of electrical voltage is applied to the surface. The image remains until a new pattern is applied. Sprague said electronic paper could be used in a few different ways, including pulling a wand or a stylus across the page or putting it through a computer printer. Reut00:38 06-29-99