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

To: Cogito who wrote (49551)	3/8/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Re: Vapor! A kind source was good enough to correct some of my observations by emailing me the following: A correction regarding IBM's small drive. It is being implemented in a CompactFlash Type II (5mm thick) card package. This is significantly smaller than a PC Card, however the CF Type II card can be inserted into a PC Card slot with an adapter just as the present CF Type II cards can. Slots for CF Type II cards are already in Palm PCs, and Auto PCs. I saw one statement that someone would rather have a $10 Clik! media get damaged than a $200 IBM drive. The problem with this thinking is that putting a damaged Clik! media into a Clik! drive is likely to take out the $200 Clik! drive also and if the Clik! drive is in the host system (camera, etc.) then the host system will not operate until it is repaired. A CF card (flash or magnetic disk) if damages is not likely to damage anythig in the host system and you can just insert another CF card and away you go. Very well though out. This is something that had not occurred to me before. The dubious reliability of this media will indeed put a device out of commission if it is installed inside a portable device. The entire unit would have to be sent in for repairs to get it working, just because of a faulty drive. Using a small external solution such as IBM's disc drive will add storage, yet not cripple the camera if it fails. Simply pop the whole thing out of it's card slot, and replace. External Vapor! units are bulky and unwieldy, but are the better choice over an internal Vapor! drive due to these concerns. Vapor! is sure to suffer from the same problems that removable media exhibits nowadays i.e. Zip Clicking Death, and discs that carry the plague will infect the OEM drive inside a camera. Very informative email. Thank you!

To: Cogito who wrote (49551)	3/8/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: stock bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Allen, <<In the meantime, 18, most of the bulls on this thread agree that IOM is very much a "broken" stock right now, and that it will take probably six months to recover from the current malaise.>> Yes, IOM will recover from the current malaise, provided they deliver the financial performance that the Street is looking for, and other factor such as the competition, the law suits, etc. don't get in the way of a turn-around. Stock Bull

To: Cogito who wrote (49551)	3/8/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: jwk	Respond to of 58324

>> Let me take you off the newbie hook, here. Here's the scoop with Rocky.....<< As long as you're listing a few of the lumpoids positions, I'd like to add his insistance that Sony's vapor drive will be the real Zip killer. He has steadfastly refused to address direct questions asking for a line of reasoning where-by competing box makers would dump Zip and oem a competitor's drive. Lumpy constantly says they all will, but he has never offered any reasoning -- either plausible or of his usual fairy tale nature.