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As I have mentioned before, our Abekas/Exabyte driver is compatible with our platform independent image format translation system (called Image Independence). This means that our Abekas/Exabyte driver can read and write any image file format that you happen to have an II driver for. We intended to include JPEG, TGA, and IFF in the basic Abekas/Exabyte driver kit and sell other formats as part of the Image Independence For Windows product. We have decided to throw in a great many file format modules into the basic Abekas/Exabyte driver since we don't have a schedule yet as to when we would actually release Image Independence for Windows. So, in addition to the three formats mentioned above, our Abekas/Exabyte driver will include the ability to load and save several other formats such as BMP, SGI RGB, Alias, Wavefront, QRT, and possibly several others. Being able to read and write all these formats to/from Abekas tape means you can set up a PC as a network tape manager (and be able to process images to/from other machines). There won't be any change in the cost of the product. We hope you don't mind. ASDGTech