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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4076)	11/14/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Respond to of 10072

>>Magnetic storage will be around for along time. Look at digital camcorders, they STILL use tape. << A 60 minute DV-Cam tape holds several Gigs worth of data. I'm guessing 20 Gigs. I'll try and find out a more accurate numnber. Anyway, it is reliable because it is a magnetic media in which the read/write head is ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE TAPE. Therefore, no risk of a head crash is there when jostling around the camera. A disc drive-based camera will be under great risk of a head crash at any time. If/when this happens, the ENTIRE CAMERA would have to be sent in for repair. But using optical storage utilizes a technology in which there is no risk of a head crash at all. The future may indeed go to optical if/when the price compared to tape becomes acceptable.