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To: Gus who wrote (3912)	11/30/1998 10:45:00 AM
From: Hal Campbell	Respond to of 17679

<< The forecasted numbers, however, do not quite seem to match what everyone intuitively understands to be the naturally explosive growth in storage requirements that will flow from the increase in bandwidth.>> Of course, as you well know Gus, that is why we were all hoping AXC would find something in their patents to address much larger markets. KM and the litigation were their attempts. So far. But if they have anything up their sleeve beyond the new MicroNet products, I do not know what it might be.

To: Gus who wrote (3912)	11/30/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17679

Gus, I agree that there seems to be a bigger potential market in tape drives, especially when they are prominently used in some academic centers: lcse.umn.edu One of the potential engineering problems as FC ramps up is the difficulty using FC interfaces with tape drives. I have heard this is a problem if you are using frame modes as opposed to circuit based switching (class 1) and that it also might be a problem based on the topology of the fabric. I know about the performance of FC hard drives. How do Ampex tape drives compare in terms of performance? George D.