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To: HardMoney who wrote (2187)	10/14/1998 2:08:00 AM
From: William R. Polk	Respond to of 10072

RE: NEC production. According to the full article (which is really nothing more than a paragraph) NEC is targeting total production of 1 million units "in the second half of fiscal 1998" (whatever that means)

To: HardMoney who wrote (2187)	10/14/1998 2:50:00 AM
From: Reseller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Re: This IMHO is huge...... FINALLY!! NEC STARTS REAL PRODUCTION Just a couple of thoughts on this. As you so aptly point out it validates a profit on a price point that supports volume enough to attract further ramp up investments . NEC wouldn't support the ramp of a product that was going to lose money. This also should entice NEC to further include more Zip drives in their own systems, after all where could they buy them cheaper. It's a tell tale sign about NEC's assessment of Sony's HiFD drive and the competition that is expected from it. If Sony shipped evaluation units than a major player like NEC would have them. Regards Reseller

To: HardMoney who wrote (2187)	10/14/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

Here are some excepts from a very good article on CD-R/RW techweb.com At one time, CD-R (CD-Recordable) and CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) technology generated yawns, but it has changed so dramatically in the last few months that it's starting a small revolution that could change the way you handle system setups, do backups and manage large files. It may even foreshadow the end of Zip-style drives! Costs less than a floppy!... I use a CD-RW for my daily incremental backups. Unlike the usual hassles with backup software, a CD-RW backup is simplicity itself: I wrote a basic batch file that uses XCOPY (a DOS utility you can find in your Windows/Command directory) to clone my data directories to the CD-RW each night. I have several CD-RWs, which I rotate through the week. At the end of the week, I burn a complete backup onto inexpensive CD-Rs. I store the most recent disks in my office and move the older disks off-site. If disaster takes out my office, I can use the off-site backups on any PC with a CD-ROM drive to recapture my work. Humongous files CD-Rs are also a great way to save and share enormous files. Digital stills and video, for example, are increasingly common and increasingly huge: Shoot 15 minutes of digital video at a trade show, and you can end up with a 300MB AVI file. On a CD, those 300MB are accessible yet out of the way. And because blank CDs can cost less than a floppy disk, you can painlessly make copies to easily share any very large files. (more) -------- As you can see, the industry is deciding what the next step is going to be. And it is CD-R/RW. Investing in IOM while CD-R/RW drives are becoming commonplace as we speak is pure suicide.