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To: Gus who wrote (5042)	11/17/1997 12:59:00 AM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

Z, More on IBM/HWP/SEG... IBM today announced an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company and Seagate Technology, Inc. to introduce a common technology for tape data interchange in the enterprise and midrange network storage environments. This agreement will enable IBM to eventually extend its Magstar product line into this open format specification, which is intended to simplify the complex tape marketplace. This agreement further allows IBM to more rapidly introduce Magstar storage solutions that will directly address the requirements of the rapidly growing network computing marketplace..... storage.ibm.com I still am not sure what they are trying to do, but after reading IBM's version of the press release, I think the tape data interchange technology can be used for IBM's Magstar, HWP's tape drives, and SEG's tape drives. If they are trying to establish an industry standard then I think it is reasonable to assume that Quantum can license the same technology for DLT. Gus

To: Gus who wrote (5042)	11/17/1997 9:23:00 AM
From: Z Analyzer	Respond to of 9124

Gus, Great info on tape drives which raise two further questions. HDTV recorders to hit any mass market would have to be reasonably priced. If a reasonably priced drive is capable of anywhere near 150 MB/sec, this would seem to be the future for mid range and high end back-up. Is the outcome really this obvious and would you assume that the IBM/SEG/HP products will be based on these HDTV VCR decks? Based on my limited understanding, Near Field Recording would seem incompatible with helical scan but might well be feasible with linear tape. Is this a reasonable assumption and is there any indication that a future DLT product might include NFR? Last, any idea what is meant by non-tracking vs. tracking with respect to tape. Thank, -Z