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To: limtex who wrote (5126)	3/18/1999 3:27:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Limtex, M-Sys says they use "AND" memory (SNDK's patents are for NAND memory) and a "proprietary interface" (with features similar to CF). I'd guess that they pay zip royalties. But if SNDK wins the Lexar suit, SNDK will probably go hunting for these guys and the other players too. Craig

To: limtex who wrote (5126)	3/18/1999 7:07:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Limtex, Pretec has their own manufacturing plant in Taiwan and assembles their own cards. I am a bit surprised that they beat SNDK to the punch in announcing their CF+ entry. Currently I am unaware of any devices using the CF+ slot, thus the Microdrive and this second CF form factor will have to wait before they both enter the battlefield and get bloodied. I believe Eli stated that SNDK envisions a 1 gigabyte CF+ card. That would be a show stopper. Let's hope there are some announcements at CeBIT regarding this. The issues surrounding the CF+ standard will be... cost power consumption ruggedness write times I think that applications will determine which media will survive, or whether they will coexist. The biggest drawback I see is that neither fits into a PCMCIA type II slot. Perhaps there will be a PCMCIA type III adapter so that laptop users won't be left out. Ausdauer (36)