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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (31865)	8/12/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: Doug B.	Respond to of 70976

But can you store data on plastic? Isn't the whole DD industry based upon magnetism? I am always leery of a new technology which is diametrically opposed to how we have evolved(DD technology) over the past 40 years. Ever use a floppy? These use metal oxides, but the underlying medium is plastic. I'm no expert on plastics per se, but some advanced plastics do have interesting physical and electrostatic properties. I would be more worried about densities vs. mechanical characteristics, i.e. I may be able to store crazy large numbers of bits per unit area, but what if the medium stretches. At high RPMs, I would think this might have an effect... BWDIK, (talking out of my a**) Doug