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To: Stephen Leung who wrote (4608)	11/1/1997 4:01:00 PM
From: Troy Shaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7685

Stephen & Allen <<Let's hope the SparQ cartridges are compatible with Syjet. >> You can pretty much rule out compatibility with SyJet. For starters, look at the name. If it was compatible, it would be SyJet 1GB. Secondly, the only way they can possibly achieve the price of $200 per drive, and $33 per cartridge is by going to a single platter design. There is no way that a drive with a single set of heads (2, one for each side of a platter) is going to be able to read and/or write cartridges with 2 platters (which require 4 heads). By the same token, the SyJet 1.5 GB which has capacities of 750MB per platter times 2 platters, will not be able to read and/or write a single platter 1GB cartridge. The head that was designed for 750MB would not be able to read and/or write a 1GB platter (otherwise, SyQuest would have shipped a 2GB drive to begin with.) Also, the whole dynamics of a 2 platter cartridge versus a 1 platter cartridge would make for a difficult engineering problem in a single drive. So, don't count on any form of compatibility...

To: Stephen Leung who wrote (4608)	11/2/1997 2:57:00 AM
From: Dale Stempson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

Re: Obsolete products Although Syquest has killed a number of products in the past, I don't believe this is currently a major issue. Actual and promised upward disk compatibility in the EZ, SyJet and Rocket product lines could take the sting out of obsoleting older lower capacity models. Protecting ones investment in disks is likely to be a larger concern of today's average Syquest customer. Compatibility with other's drives is probably a smaller issue. If Syquest were trying to create a new standard or compete in the Zip arena, then concerns would certainly be different. Regards - Dale