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

To: Cameron Dorey who wrote (42599)	1/8/1998 1:21:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson	Respond to of 58324

OT (skip - Cameron specific) Cameron, I'm having a little difficulty with my e-mail right now so I'm responding here instead. I was able to briefly read your message before it vanished so I'm not certain if I can answer properly. In addition, I'm not the best person to answer your questions regarding IDE and ATAPI, (although I use both a PC and a Mac, my expertise is with Mac). Someone like Andy Chu would probably provide better information. Here's some reference info from KE during last quarter's CC that may provid a little insight: "Additionally, transitioning OEMs from the IDE Zip drive to the ATAPI drive placed a significant strain on resources, balancing components and our production. Let me comment on these three issues that is, chip availability, parts quality and the ATAPI transition. First I'll address the chip availability and the ATAPI transition issues since they are interrelated. During the third quarter we transitioned several of the major Zip PC OEMs to the higher yield, lower cost Zip OEM ATAPI drive and we are now shipping it in high volume. The drive contains a new higher level of integration and therefore does not rely on the chip that contributed to our Q 2 constraints. Since the new chip is more readily available the transition has eased most of the chip availability issue and has improved our yields. We are also beyond the startup stage of production on the ATAPI drive. However, we will continue to ship the internal IDE drive to some OEMs into the first quarter of 1998 simply due to their qualifications cycles. To sum it up, transitioning some of our major PC OEMs to the ATAPI drive has freed up the IDE design chips, plus we have been successful in getting the IDE design chips earlier than previously committed by our chip supplier so the overall situation has improved considerably." Hope this helps. Regards - Dale