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To: dale velkovitz who wrote (2164)	10/13/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: dale velkovitz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10072

$24.95 Jaz Cartridges at BuyComp buycomp.com

To: dale velkovitz who wrote (2164)	10/13/1998 11:18:00 AM
From: Naggrachi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

<<. NEC plans to add more production lines at its Philippine factory in order to boost output to 450,000 units per month from the current 100,000. >> For a product that supposedly peaked in sales last year, the above is HUGE!!!!!!! And based on the numbers, it is obvious that they ARE selling by the TONS!!!!!!!!!!!! It's also obvious that bateh is not shooting from the hip, unlike someone who does. Good job Dale, for finding this news. This only illustrates the positive side of message postings. Zead Bateh, what's the demand for upcoming Clik! like?

To: dale velkovitz who wrote (2164)	10/13/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: Dwight Griffin	Respond to of 10072

Dale - I agree that the NEC news is very positive. This would seem to contradict those who speculate that the market for Zip drives has peaked. Do you have a link or more information on where this news came form. Thanks - great find!

To: dale velkovitz who wrote (2164)	10/14/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: HardMoney	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

This IMHO is huge...... FINALLY!! NEC STARTS REAL PRODUCTION It means that the price points on Zip are close to or have been reached .....that seems to be the only explination as to why IOM would need more drives......"they're priced right." Now the rate of decrease in ASP will decrease itself until the ASP stabilizes....maybe it has. But that is an increase from NEC of 350000 drives a month ...that probably represents 30-40 % increase of all zip drives sold per/month.....if the demand wasn't there they wouldn't have ramped up from 100k to 450k drives per month. This is even bigger when you consider the associated increase in disk sales. Frank