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To: barber who wrote (42477)	1/6/1999 9:35:00 PM
From: Kenya AA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

barber: Why do I feel like Robert DeNiro .... "Are you talkin' to me?" K

To: barber who wrote (42477)	1/7/1999 12:07:00 AM
From: Chris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

I did just a quick research on your inquiry. It looks as if CPQ is replacing Iomega Zip drives with Imation's Superdisk technology. These drives hold 120 M floppies as well as the current 1.44 M floppies. While I can't say that I have any first hand knowledge of these drives, I can say that I have experience with IOM zip drives. I have an external parallel zip drive so it can't really compare with internal SCSI drives, but I will say that IOM products are somewhat finicky. I also believe that 10 (100 meg) zip diskettes run about $144. According to the research I did, Imation's super diskettes hold more data (120 Megs)and cost less--$99 for 10. So I can't agree with the IOM posting that CPQ is hurting the consumer. Seems like they are lessoning costs to the computer buyer. I think maybe you are reading "sour grapes" on the IOM board. But that's just MHO. I really would have to know more about Superdisk technology to say whether or not it is an inferior product to IOM zip drives. Chris P.