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To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (1921)12/26/1997 12:29:00 AM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 9256
 
Lawrence and all, from the RDRT 10k...
There's additional info on % HSAs.

sec.yahoo.com

1997 1996 1995
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Customers
Western Digital 51% 43% 37%
Quantum 18% 29% 29%
Maxtor 13% 12% 11%
Seagate --- 8% 13%
All Others 18% 8% 10%
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100% 100% 100%
=== === ====

GM



To: Frodo Baxter who wrote (1921)12/28/1997 7:31:00 PM
From: Synapsid  Respond to of 9256
 
I suppose Seagate put most of their MR heads in the 6.5 GB drive
with 10 heads in the past, and may have been preparing for a quick
transition to MR. The TFI drives they sold in the last few months
served to ease the transition to MR, perhaps even building MR head inventory.


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