P3D Re: Digital / film

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>Also, not too many people have the required computer resources to
easily
>deal with huge files in a convenient manner. I hear about those
500 -600MB
>files and it is beyond me how someone with limited resources can manage
>this size file.


Bob,

Check out a current PC-products catalog, such as one from "PC Mall",
Fry's Electronics, Global Computers, etc.

The SyQuest "SyJet" drive is available for $300.  With it, you can have
an infinitely-expandable (in 1.5 Gigabyte increments) disk cartridge
system that is just as fast as, or nearly so, as your primary, fixed
hard disk.  Cartridges are $75 each, less if you buy in quantity.  This
is not a CD-ROM drive, it is a true magnetic disk drive that happens to
use swappable cartridges.  It performs just like a hard disk.

The SyQuest "Sparq" drive is a 1.0 Gig cartridge system with a lower
initial cost of $200 and a lower per-cartridge cost as well.

And there are similar drives from Iomega.

There are lots of options and they don't cost an arm and a leg.  9 *gig*
drives can be had today for the cost of last year's 4 gig drives.  This
trend will only continue.

     -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)





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