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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito who wrote (34350)	11/3/1997 6:02:00 PM
From: Gary Wisdom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

<<why would I want to get involved with a new, incompatible format?>> EXACTLY!!! You don't see many OS/2 systems around, do you? You don't see many 5.25" floppies around, do you? Few will want a product that is incompatible with the rest of the world. THE KEY is: will OEMs do anything with it to help make it more acceptable? And, to that, I do not have the answer. In the meantime,it will take more than jazzy web sites, thousands of stupid press releases, hype from an idiot on Wall Street, and a few full page ads to save this company. It will take a miracle.

To: Cogito who wrote (34350)	11/3/1997 7:59:00 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 58324

Also, why is the SparQ available only in parallel and EIDE formats? These interfaces are not particularly known for their speeds. If I had a 1GB disk, I'd be using it to transfer large files (images, sound, movies). I'd have thought it would have made more sense to include a faster interface such as SCSI2 (or better). I suppose cost must have played a part in that decision. Any video experts here want to comment on whether the SparQ will be interesting for them as a storage and/or playback medium? At $33/GB, it is very tempting. Winston