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

To: David Colvin who wrote (2035)	7/30/1999 9:57:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 5023

HUGE NEWS--- M/O Disk Drive for Digital Cameras! nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com Olympus, Sanyo, Hitachi Maxell Unveil MO Disks for Digital Cameras July 30, 1999 (TOKYO) -- Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Maxell Ltd. unveiled newly developed 50mm-diameter magneto-optical (MO) disks to serve as recording media for digital cameras. The products comply with the "iD Format" standard, and each has a capacity of 730MB. The three companies intend to commercialize the disks in about a year. Kyocera Corp., Konica Corp., Nikon Corp., Minolta Co., Ltd. and Ricoh Co., Ltd. have already expressed support for the iD Format. ---- Looks like mighty Nikon has made up its mind as to what sort of high capacity drive is in its future. And it is called iD, the 730MB MO Drive. I wonder now what Sony has up its sleeve?...