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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
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Subject: Re:  Pinnacle Magneto Optical Disks
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Date: 27 Sep 90 15:59:06 GMT
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   I've heard not to buy drives made by Ricoh.  There are a lot of
Sony drives out there and more companies are making them now.
(At first all the drives were made by Ricoh and Sony, and other
 companies bought their drives from them and put their on name on
 them, VAR's)  I don't think strong magnetic fields should have
an effect on the disks.  The disk has to be heated with a laser
before the magnetic field is changed.
--

	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov