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To: Michael Coley who wrote (4538)	10/24/1997 7:17:00 PM
From: Troy Shaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

Michael, <<Although they might be introducing "SparQ" at Comdex, I seriously doubt it. I have serious doubts that such a product exists. >> You say you have "serious doubts that such a product exists." I also doubt that it exists -- yet. I believe such a product may be feasible. * SyQuest has made noise in the past about a future EZ-Flyer in the capacity range of 768MB. SyQuest has sold the EZ-Flyer 230 for under $200 -- although probably at a blow-em-out going-out-of-style loss. * Jaz and SyJet both use two platters to achieve their capacities of 1GB and 1.5GB respectively. At the time they were designed, single platters were not capable of holding an entire gig. That has changed (As evidenced by the Jaz 2GB.) Single platter cartridges are likely significantly less costly to manufacture that dual platter cartridges. * Didn't Iomega state some time ago that their FUTURE target price for Jaz was $200.00 for an external, with $60 cartridges? * SyQuest has shown a penchant for losing money on everything they sell, why not yet another product. Put it all together, and we may see something from SyQuest later next year....

To: Michael Coley who wrote (4538)	10/27/1997 12:22:00 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

Re: Beyond 2Gb cartridges Please keep in mind that any Windows 95 machine purchased before late 1996 (i.e., pre-OSR2 Win95 systems) cannot address single partitions larger than 2Gb. I believe this is one of the reasons why IOM sized Jaz2 cartridges at 2Gb. When Windows 98 debuts and becomes widespread this limit will be lifted but until then it will prevent widespread adoption of any greater than 2Gb formats.

To: Michael Coley who wrote (4538)	10/27/1997 4:58:00 AM
From: Ralph Bergmann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

"Although they might be introducing "SparQ" at Comdex, I seriously doubt it. I have serious doubts that such a product exists. I also have serious doubts about whether or not such a product would even help SyQuest. They've failed miserably at competing with Iomega, even when they had a size, speed and/or price advantage. The last thing they need is another Jaz-killer. They need to find their own niche and go for it. Rocket might be that niche." IMO the 1GB SparkQ is not intended to be a Jazz-Killer, it should be a Zip Killer. If it comes true, the price performance difference, should enable, that possible zip users buy a sparkq. This represents the mass market and I am convinced that would help Syquest. The question remains how they will be able to build a drive for such a low price. And if syquest can build it for low costs, then also Iomega should be able to do it with the Jazz. " I think that SparQ is factored into the stock price (but oddly enough I don't think the Rocket is yet). If SparQ ISN'T intruduced at Comdex, watch for a big drop. If it is, watch for a small drop. (People buy on rumor and sell on news. SparQ at Comdex or the lack thereof will be news.)" I think you are 100% correct in this point. IMO there are no new news I can think of, which have the capability to push syquest over 6$ again. The way for the stock price will be free, but to the downside. Thank you again for your earlier comments. Therefore I immediatly went out at 5.5$. Without them, I think I would have dreamed on, and would still sit on my syquest shares. Ralph Bergmann

To: Michael Coley who wrote (4538)	11/10/1997 11:19:00 AM
From: Michael Coley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7685

RE: SparQ and Quest (Rocket) are out of the bag now... And SYQT is down... As I said a few weeks ago: I think that SparQ is factored into the stock price (but oddly enough I don't think the Rocket is yet). If SparQ ISN'T intruduced at Comdex, watch for a big drop. If it is, watch for a small drop. (People buy on rumor and sell on news. SparQ at Comdex or the lack thereof will be news.) Buy on rumor, sell on news. SparQ and Quest are now news. - Michael Coley - i1.net