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To: Mark Adams who wrote (10256)	11/10/1997 4:38:00 PM
From: Peter Yang	Respond to of 12298

I wonder if Chrisman would get fired soon. Maybe the board of directors could demote him and let him run the investor relation office only. Seems he enjoys answers each phone call from individual investors.

To: Mark Adams who wrote (10256)	11/10/1997 5:10:00 PM
From: Greg Jung	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12298

Is this "new" technology, or the same-old with a "Giant" added? Anybody can correct me for mis-statement, this is from memory of a quick read on the white paper: Uses two head per platter side, a TFI for writing and an MR for reading. 3.2 gig is one platter using, then, two 1.7g TFI heads and MR heads. Where is the revolution? We could invent a drive at a blazing 6,000 rpm and call it the "speedy condensed drive", what is new about that. 3.2 gig for $275 seems like the status quo. If the heads are the limiting factor for size - demanding increased tolerances, etc., the biggest advantage would be being able to put 16gig (probably run into software bugs, for a while, beyond this) in a compact desktop. BTW, 25W would be a peak rate, 33MB/sec will never be achieved for longer than it takes to fill the drive buffer, impossible to economically back up that amount (for desktop environment) make it a less-than compelling aspect. I'm not trying to deny reality, just throwing up the issues a bit it doesn't seem like such a big coup. Greg