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Technology Stocks : Disk Drive Sector Discussion Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carey Thompson who wrote (8330)	5/11/2000 10:44:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

Did you hear the story that the first Pong game made was installed in a bar. Several hours later they got a call from the bar asking them to fix the machine, customers were complaining. They arrived to find the problem was it was so stuffed with quarters, not another could fit into the slot. Needless to say, they learned how to fix that problem. Regards, Mark PS Don't forget Pacman, and then there was my favorite, Defender.

To: Carey Thompson who wrote (8330)	5/11/2000 12:31:00 PM
From: Zakrosian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Carey - Looks like you sparked a trip down memory lane. I seem to recall Pong arriving in our area in the spring of '73, and it was soon followed by Tank (which now that I think about it wasn't much different from Pong). I'd always been a pinball fanatic, so I played those games about 3 or 4 times and gave up. I had to keep feeding quarters to the video games, while with pinball I could usually win enough free games to play for a long time and still have enough money left over to eat dinner. But I still think napster-style applications - just think of the demands if video file swapping comes about - could be the relief the disk drive makers need. With the option to upgrade from a 10 to a 40GB hard drive only about $150, I can't imagine going for a smaller drive just to save a few bucks.

To: Carey Thompson who wrote (8330)	5/12/2000 9:31:00 AM
From: Yogi - Paul	Respond to of 9256

Hi Carey, <<If it will hit in the USA is another matter. Asian may use the device and exploit its many capabilities; while the USA discovers the next big thing. >> Gracious, I hope you are wrong as my central technology investment theme for the coming eight quarters revolves around a massive US consumer demand for PS2. <<Regardless of how it takes off, the PS2 will be good for worldwide disk drive sales.>> Sony sold 60 million units over the product life of PS 1. I've seen reasonable estimates of 100 million units over the (my estimate) 5 year product life of PS2. An interesting "vision thing" from Sony: sel.sony.com An interesting review of Quantum dd from a gamer's perspective (rather lengthy): 3dgameforce.com By the way, I'm not a gamer. Just interested for the investment potential. Paul