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

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (48911)	2/26/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: dale velkovitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

news.com Zip drives replace floppies By Jim Hu Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM February 25, 1998, 2:15 p.m. PT update Iomega Japan said Zip storage drives will become a standard feature in new IBM Aptiva PCs for the Japanese market, adding to a growing trend away from archaic floppy drives. As competitors profilerate in the removable storage market, the days of the 1.44MB floppy drive appear to be limited. Products from Iomega, SyQuest, Nomai, Castlewood Systems, and others far surpass the capacity of floppies and offer the same ease of use, albeit at a slightly greater price.

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (48911)	2/26/1998 10:53:00 AM
From: Spank	Respond to of 58324

I forgot the reliable part? I guess a lot of the adv. industry is currently forgetting the reliable part. Please quantify, in terms of failure rates, what you mean by "the reliable part." > How fast can your system trasnfer 1.7 Gigs Ok, someone tell me if these numbers are wrong... 1.7 Gigs using the average transfer rate of 5.4 MBps for the Jaz drive is 5.3 minutes. The Jaz2 is faster than that, right? Did I miss something? > If a client wants last minute changes then he must pay for it I guess if I were a client like that I'd hire the services of someone who could provide a cost-effective editing pipeline. -Spank

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (48911)	2/26/1998 1:45:00 PM
From: Profi	Respond to of 58324

News Item from Lombard Following is a piece if news about a new patent granted to IOM. The funny thing is, on the same page there are more than one patents listed and look at the first one listed before the IOM patent Number: US D389691 Type: Pillow and memorabilia trays for burial casket Patent holder: Batesville Casket Co. Inc., Batesville, Ind. Inventors: Dale G. Benedict, Marysville, Ohio, and Frank R. Wilgus, Powell Number: US D389810 Type: Memory device Patent holder: Iomega Corp., Roy, Utah Inventors: Nichols Brawne, Columbus; Michael D. Johnson, Kaysville, Utah, and George Meyer, Ogden, Utah You have to stretch your imagination, but there are two thoughts that these two patents bring to my mind. First, it is time to burry IOM! Second, (this is for those who are entrepreneurs) durable zip diskettes for burial along with your prized possessions..! (You can, for example, take with you a record of all your trading data...). P.S. Sorry, Mr. Reid. This post was not intended for one person directly, but I could not figure out how to post the msg to myself, so I had to respond to somebody.