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In <43irnh$7il@news.iag.net> joutlan@iag.net (John Outlan) says

> Sandy,
> 
> I am not an expert in the area of MO drives, but definitely check out
> Iomega's Jaz Drive ... $499 with either 540 or 1 GIG removable
> cartridges.  I think the 1gig cartridge is $99?   I think the days of
> expensive MO drives are coming to an end.  Check it out at web site :
> http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~jwu/iomega.html

I think that you are missing the point of what MO is all about.  It is not
really important because of the density and removability, but because of
the expected data life in excess of 30 years.  This is the thing that no
purely magnetic recording method can match because of self-erasure.  If
you need reliable archival storage of data, then MO and WORM are the only
viable methods presently available.  And there does not seem to be
anything else on the horizon.

Harvey

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