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From: osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy's new WMRM optical disc device
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Date: 26 Dec 89 15:15:21 GMT
Organization: Speech Communication UT Austin
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A cousin of mine who works as a programmer in Los Angeles is visiting here
for Xmas. He told me yesterday about seeing a device developed by Tandy
at some kind of electronics market show. It's fully operational.

It's a WMRM (write many/read many) optical disk with a capacity of about
4 gigabytes. It can interface with your VCR, computer, or CD player, to the
extent that you can store/retrieve all three kinds of data on a single
optical disk. It threatens to *devastate* the market for hard disks,
CD players, and VCR's, since its enormous capacity permits you to use a
single disk for *everything*. 

The device is supposed to retail for under $600. Extra disks (should you
ever need one!) will run about $160. Tandy is currently contracting with
4 companies (such as Dell computer) to manufacture the disks.

And now, the obvious, obvious question: is this for real?

Ron Morgan
osmigo@emx.utexas.edu