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To: chial hu who wrote (1431)	11/10/1997 11:12:00 PM
From: James Choi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

MD is hardly ever used as data storage. As far as I know, it is only used for music storage. Thus, they have been always compressed and I believe its compressed capacity rivals that of CDs. Thus, MDs are released in addition to CDs. The price was $10 a disk last time I checked which was a year ago. Does someone have a more recent price? CompactFlash cannot compete with MD in terms of byte/price. It is analogous to DRAM vs Hard Disk storage competition. In serious recording applications, Iomega already has a good grip with its Jazz for large storage requirements and Zip for smaller ones. CompactFlash's beauty is in its size and ruggedness. I think. James Choi