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To: Jerome Wittamer who wrote (3251)	6/16/1998 6:41:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Sony/Fuji's 200MB HiFD super-floppy is about to be released. Write speed is 1.2MB/sec ... about 20x faster than a normal floppy and very competitive with CF. Media costs will be <$20 per 200MB -- providing 50x the capacity for less money than a 4MB CF card. I was able to determine that TEAC is producing a drive and even located a part number at www.amoscomputer.com. But no matter where I looked, I could find no specs on the drive (just the media). IMHO, IF a HiFD drive will reasonably fit into a camera, can spin up and down reasonably fast, has a reason current drain, and can stand up to the shock load, this super-floppy will create a "Super-Mavica" that could put a damper on flash sales. That's a lot of "if"s and no concrete information. Anyone have any info on the TEAC HiFD drive? Craig