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To: Edward F. deSousa who wrote (4591)	10/31/1997 5:24:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

Edward, My guess is that they'll have working models of three new products: an increased capacity SyJet, a high-end Rocket, and a 1 GB SparQ, (yeah, I believe the rumors). As far as when Syquest would be able to ship, that's anyone's guess, but you're correct in that they'll need plenty of cash to make the ramp-up happen. I would have to speculate that doubling the authorized is intended to help provide the financing solution. In addition to confirming the rumors and providing delivery time frames, what I'm most curious about are the price/performance characteristics of the SparQ and compatibility issues within and across product lines. Regards - Dale

To: Edward F. deSousa who wrote (4591)	11/1/1997 2:36:00 PM
From: RagTimeBand	Respond to of 7685

Edward Kinda using broad brush strokes aren't you? >>In late 1995 Syquest announced the SyJet. At MacWorld 1996 the drive was not functional and displayed under a glass box and guarded losely with no questions answered by staff. One year later or so the SyJet was finally released. So now in two weeks (after announcing the products a little earlier this year) they will have functional models at COMDEX? My bet is that they will be under glass and be given "a later this year" date for shipping, which will be optimistic. This opinion is based on past performance. It takes months and months of beta testing and R&D iterations to create reliable new products and cash to market and ramp them up in volume. Syquest has little of either. We shall see if these products will be "rolled out" and are real or vapor in order to simply get more cash from stock volatility (hyping).<< What are you trying to accomplish when you talk about two different management teams as though they were one? Wouldn't happen to be a little FUD spreading would it? Emory