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To: Kansas George who wrote (1793)	9/24/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

KG, re >with todays tech, how much data could we put on a Zip sized disk?< Good question. The answer is a design problem beyond my capacity to solve. But you can make some intelligent estimates yourself. ZIP was designed how many years ago? Disk storage density doubles every 18 months due to technology improvements. The doubling every 18 months is for hard drives. For removable disk drives it's probably less. Not because head and disk can't make it, but because of the greater mechanical tolerances due to disk interchangeability. GM