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From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rewriteable Optical Disks
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Date: 8 Jan 89 18:09:40 GMT
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In article <2817@zaphod.UUCP> garyb@zaphod.UUCP (Gary Berg) writes:
>Has anyone heard about a 600 MB rewritable optical disk drive for the Mac? I
>heard rumor around town that a local company is introducing one at Macworld
>but when I called then they didn't have a comment. Their only reaction was
>'We will be introducing all new products at Macworld'.

A very recent MacWEEK article said that Jasmine (San Francisco) will
be announcing one of these at MacWorld.  (You didn't say what town
you're in, so I'm not sure this fits your idea of "local.")  I called
my Inside Source at Jasmine and he told me a bit about the drive, but
wasn't sure about price or availability.  Remember that a product
"introduction" doesn't always mean you can take one home with you.

Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214

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