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To: Burt Roger who wrote (1513)	11/15/1998 8:08:00 PM
From: Starlight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Burt - Here's an interesting post from the Seagate thread on the shift from PC's to PDA's and other devices: Message 6421520

To: Burt Roger who wrote (1513)	11/15/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

Burt, yes I am a shareholder. Where did you read that MicroOS will is superior on non-flash memory?

To: Burt Roger who wrote (1513)	11/17/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

Burt, I found what you were refering to: "Falk continued, In addition, the recent introduction of IBM's 340MB capacity 'microdrive' technology permits inexpensive development of compact music and video recorders. MicroOS has been ready for the portable digital music and video explosion for some time, but was limited by the relatively high expense and low capacities available in portable devices. We see great potential for our MicroOS to be part of a new generation of powerful video and music products based on IBM's microdrive technology." However, I don't see how an operating system that specializes in provide advantages to flash memory is going to be anymore attractive to an OEM than any other operating system? "MicroOS(TM), a file system devised by the company that improves file management in devices utilizing flash memory." With a 340MB capacity hard drive, why would the OEM care about and operating system that optimizes flash memory? go2net.newsalert.com

To: Burt Roger who wrote (1513)	11/17/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

Burt, I found what you were referring to: "Falk continued, In addition, the recent introduction of IBM's 340MB capacity 'microdrive' technology permits inexpensive development of compact music and video recorders. MicroOS has been ready for the portable digital music and video explosion for some time, but was limited by the relatively high expense and low capacities available in portable devices. We see great potential for our MicroOS to be part of a new generation of powerful video and music products based on IBM's microdrive technology." However, I don't see how an operating system that specializes in provide advantages to flash memory is going to be anymore attractive than any other operating system that is compatible with the IBM Microdrive. "MicroOS(TM), a file system devised by the company that improves file management in devices utilizing flash memory." With a 340MB capacity hard drive, why would the OEM care about the optimization of of flash memory? go2net.newsalert.com

To: Burt Roger who wrote (1513)	11/17/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: Starlight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Burt - The new issue of Time has a technology buyer's guide. Two products shown should be of interest to NCII holders: The Diamond Multimedia Rio music player and Sony's Voicefile ICD-80. The writer says of the Rio: "The most intriguing new portable device is D-M's Rio, a $200 handheld digital music player that stores up to 60 min. of CD-quality sound downloaded from the Internet. The Rio still has a long way to go -- it's more bother than joy to spend 10 min. per song downloading what little mainstream music you can find online in the special format the Rio requires. Yet the idea of hand-picking songs from a vast online database, then bringing your favorites on a jog, the morning commute or to a lengthy session with the dentist is irresisible. The Rio is years away from becoming a mainstream product, but its cool factor is, well, really cool." The SONY Voicefile lets users send audio files as e-mail attachments. It stores 48 min. worth of recording and organizes voice memos in folders. The writer says, "We love the small silver case but not the $250 price." What do you think? Is NCII's music player years away from becoming a "mainstream product"? Can Lanier's recorder out-perform SONY? Betty