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To: d-fndr who wrote (2010)	10/7/1998 2:24:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

>>...a floppy drive is what, $30 at retail? ATAPI Zip is $99 ...<< And do you know who makes that floppy drive? Well, Teac is a major floppy drive maker. We're talking about several million units per year. And what is more, is that Teac actually makes a profit on them, unlike Iomega's OEM Zip efforts as of late. And do you know who is making HiFD Internal drives? It's Teac once again. Don't you think that Teac would be able to make HiFD drives at a significant unit rate and low $ cost? Don't put the Iomega Bull blinders on. Take them off and look at reality. Teac has the capacity to overwhelm the market with internal HiFD drives that are inexpensive, and still make a profit. With just a little re-tooling of their floppy drive manufacturing, Teac can spit out HiFD drives like water. And they have the financial means to keep it going and going and going...