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Technology Stocks : SYQUEST -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: buzzlite who wrote (5789)	3/5/1998 10:00:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7685

RE: Quest Syquest announced last week or so that they would be concentrating on ramping up the SparQ 1 Gig drive, and putting the release of 4.7 Gig Quest on hold. They just don't have enough cash to launch Quest. I agree with you that Quest would be huge in the music business, as one would be able to record and master entire projects on just one Quest disc. BUt right now, SyQuest's main priority is SparQ.

To: buzzlite who wrote (5789)	3/5/1998 10:43:00 AM
From: Michael Coley	Respond to of 7685

RE: Quest? I wouldn't count on seeing Quest anytime soon. SyQuest is having a hard time staying afloat, and has concentrated all their efforts on SparQ. Right now, your only options are external hard drives, kits that allow you to make an IDE drive external, SyQuest's 1.5GB SyJet drive, and Iomega's 2GB Jaz drive. Castlewood is supposed to be coming out with a cheap, fast 2GB removable, but delays and legal issues could extend its release. You can also rule out MO and DVD because of speed issues, and most any other removables because of small size (1 GB and under). - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: buzzlite who wrote (5789)	3/5/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: RagTimeBand	Respond to of 7685

buzzlite Re: >>I know that Dididesign (leader in pro audio digital recording) recently approved the syquest 1.5 gig removeable, but I thought I'd wait to see if a 4 meg would be available anytime soon.<< The following (#5581) was posted by Joon Song: >>From SyQuest's 10-K: "Management has decided to focus its other new product, Quest, exclusively on Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) opportunities. The cost of distribution into the OEM channel is less than that of the retail marketplace. The production ramp-up for Quest will only occur with the support of OEM demand for this product." So I guess it's questionable whether SyQuest will ever ship the Quest drive.<< This is the link to Joon's post: techstocks.com FWIW: If I were you, rather than taking the word of the bulls and bears, I'd: 1) call SYQT and find out if there's been any activity regarding OEM's and the Quest. 2) call your favorite OEM and ask them if they are going to be offering the Quest (they won't carry it if there's no demand). Please let us know what you find out. Regards - Emory