In all fairness to IBM, I believe that this is the result of their
research into nanotechnology, although I thought no products from that
research were going to be available for a few years. I do remember a
link to an IBM press release or news story about that research was
posted here some months ago. Unfortunately, my web search for
+microdrive, even refining with +ibm, while yielding interesting
results, does not readily take me to more information. The link from
http://www.ibm.com provides more marketing than technical information.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 1:00 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] Slightly off-topic: IBM's Microdrive
>
> IBM goes where someone has gone before :)
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