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To: BeachBum who wrote (7570)	2/20/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: sheila rothstein	Respond to of 10072

BB interesting article on storage February 17, 1999 PC Computing via NewsEdge Corporation : Dearly Departed With the recent bankruptcies of SyQuest, maker of the SparQ 1.0GB, and Avatar Peripherals, inventor of the Shark 250MB, Iomega is poised to expand its already massive share of the removable storage market. And it won't stop at the desktop. Look for Iomega to build Zip drives into printers, scanners, medical equipment, set-top boxes, and more. Write Stuff We've been hearing about the promise of rewritable DVD drives for a few years now. But the drives are finally coming into their own with promising products from companies like Creative Labs, Hitachi, and LaCie. Look for them to catch on next year. Why the shift to DVD? The prospect of saving up to 17GB of data onto a single disc is too good to pass up. Editor's Picks Desktop Hard Drive Deskstar 22GXP It's everything you want in a hard drive: big, fast, cheap, and reliable. With 22GB of storage space and a 2MB cache, you'll never fully satiate this beast's cravings for data and fat applications. Best of all, you'll enjoy superfast access to your information thanks to seek times of 9 milliseconds and a sustained data transfer rate of 17.9MBps. Removable Storage Iomega Zip 250MB Drive The biggest name in removable storage just got bigger thanks to the Zip drive's increased capacity--it now holds a generous 250MB of data. And because the new version reads and writes to the millions of 100MB Zip cartridges residing on desktops the world over, you have little to worry about in the way of compatibility--unless, of course, you try to stick a 250MB cartridge into one of the smaller-capacity drives. High-capacity Removable Storage Iomega Jaz 2GB Many artists are suspicious of technology, but their ill feelings usually melt away when they're introduced to Iomega's Jaz 2GB. That's because with just one $125 cartridge you can store 2,000 digital photos, over three hours of music, or nearly two hours of video. And the drive's engine runs fast enough to stream that video or serve up demanding apps like Adobe Photoshop. DVD/CD-ROM Drive Sony DDU 220E/H 5X DVD-ROM Bundle This third-generation DVD player could spark a renaissance in American scholarship. You'll be so awed by its TV-quality picture, you just might spend the entire evening with the bundled Funk and Wagnalls DVD Encyclopedia learning the finer points of ancient Indonesian agriculture. (Turns out they grew rice on terraces. Who knew?) The secret to the smooth video: Sigma Designs' Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-2 decoder card. Recordable Storage Smart and Friendly CDSpeedWriter Deluxe Launch your garage band into stardom--and record all the video, apps, images, and documents you desire--with this 4X-write, 12X-read drive. Using its foolproof recording software, you can burn inexpensive yet universally accepted 650MB CDs in less than 20 minutes. Network Storage Seagate Cheetah 18 No hard drive can match the Cheetah 18's performance. This 10,000-rpm Ultra 2 SCSI screamer is precisely what a well-oiled network craves. With an average seek time of 5.7ms and an internal transfer rate of up to 231Mbps, it's the ticket for video professionals too. IBM Deskstar 22GXP TOP 5 Best-Selling DVD Titles Holding out to get a DVD-ROM drive because you think the title selection is still too skimpy? No more. Check out these popular discs, which are just the reason you need to make the switch. 1 Riven: The Sequel to Myst 2 Tex Murphy: Overseer 3 The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 4 Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 5 National Geographic Complete 109 Years SOURCE: PC DATA <<PC Computing -- 03-00-99>>

To: BeachBum who wrote (7570)	2/20/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: sheila rothstein	Respond to of 10072

Another interesting article February 17, 1999 Family PC via NewsEdge Corporation : A New Idea in Scanning By Jon Pepper Bottom Line: Recommended. This scanning appliance doesn't connect to a computer, and it works with both Macs and Windows: a Nobel Peace Prize candidate. The ImageDeck is a singular product: a quality scanner designed to work on its own without a PC connection. Just plug it into a wall outlet and press the scan button, and the ImageDeck scans your document directly to either the built-in Iomega Zip or floppy drive. Billed as a "scanning appliance" by Microtek, the ImageDeck offers new advantages. First, you don't have to connect the ImageDeck to a PC, so you won't find a scanner that's easier to set up. If you have more than one computer, you can share the scanner without setting up a home network. Your kids can work or play on your PC while you're scanning. Finally, the scanner works with either Mac or Windows computers -- a real plus for multiplatform homes or offices. The ImageDeck provides 600-dot-per-inch optical resolution and 36-bit color depth for sharp-looking scans. Push-button controls on the front let you adjust resolution, document size, and the type of format you want to save scans in (JPEG for color and gray scale, PCX for text and line art). Plug in a printer and you can use the ImageDeck as a color copier, too. The only drawback is the price. The $499 ImageDeck is much more expensive than most home-oriented scanners. But if you need flexibility and convenience, then it just might suit your needs. Microtek ImageDeck, 310-297-5000, www.microtek.com; $499. <<Family PC -- 03-00-99>> [Copyright 1999, Ziff Wire]