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To: James Strauss who wrote (2146)	2/3/1998 7:12:00 AM
From: Tim Fierro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2377

I Bought Iomega (IOM) James, are you aware of their expenses for advertising either this year or was it just the super bowl? I remember hearing a couple of weeks ago that IOM was going to spend some major bucks in advertising and this 'might' be a little too much advertising budget. Just something to consider.. Tim

To: James Strauss who wrote (2146)	2/3/1998 11:54:00 AM
From: James A. Nelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2377

I don't know if this is already widely known, but I thought I would send it to you as a heads up. It is from the Windows95.com Weekly Email Newsletter. Having one of these babies sitting on my desk with all of my backups on it doesn't make me feel very secure: (3) "Click of death" strikes Iomega Users of Iomega's Zip drives are reporting serious malfunctions in their drives and disks in a problem that has come to be known as the "click of death." Users report that, after a time, their Zip drives no longer read disks and instead produce a loud clicking sound, from which the problem gets its name. Afflicted units reportedly no longer work once they get the "click of death," and numerous users reported damaged disks as well as data loss. The problem is not reported to be associated with Iomega's new storage product for handheld devices, called Clik. -News.com, news.com