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From: umrose05@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dave Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy's new WMRM optical disc device
Message-ID: <1989Dec30.145757.28418@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 30 Dec 89 14:57:57 GMT
References: <22805@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: umrose05@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Dave Rose)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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In article <22805@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP writes:
>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

Did you by chance ask him what style or type of "disk" it is going to use?
 
Interesting prospect...
 
Dave


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