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To: Herb Fuller who wrote (9290)	4/20/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: jwk	Respond to of 10072

>>>September 9, 1999, <<< Cool. The long dreaded y2k related 9/9/99. Could be an interesting day. Rock & Roll.

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (9290)	4/20/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Herb Fuller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

>>> News Contributed By: Gino 'tAng' Gard<<< Monday, 19th of April, 1999 While over at FGO I noticed that Sega Japan has announced it is to release a limited edition Black Dreamcast, complete with Black Controller, for 39,800 yen, 10,000 more than the suggested retail price. ===================================================================== As of this date 39,000 yen is $337.00 us The value of 10,000 yen is $84 . It looks like Sega is charging $84 for their Zip inclusion into their system. Otherwise why would they charge the extra 10,000 yen? Greed perhaps? Herb dreamcast.net

To: Herb Fuller who wrote (9290)	4/21/1999 1:23:00 AM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

>>Sega's next generation Dreamcast system will arrive in US stores on September 9, 1999, and be priced at US$199. 10-15 games will be available at the launch date, with 30 by Christmas.<< Boy, talk about taking the ball and running blindly with it. There are just a few things wrong with the wild projections going on this thread: biz.yahoo.com 1. A Zip drive-based storage unit is purely OPTIONAL. 2. The storage device will be using Zip as a "Base," meaning that the optional device may be a lot more than just a Zip drive...and a lot more money to buy than what Iomaniacs here think. 3. The Optional Zip-based storage device will not be available until March 2000. 4. The Optional Zip-based add-on will be for only storing files garnered off the web. No distribution of any games on Zip disks are planned by Sega or by anyone else. 5. Dreamcast is already being written off by Japanese and American game-afficienados and journalists as being DOA because of the upcoming Sony Playstation II.