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- From: A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk (A.C. Crook)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200 - No H.D drive, no 68030?
- Message-ID: <By0LIp.6ED@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:32:48 GMT
- References: <BxszLL.946@newcastle.ac.uk> <smcgerty.722090931@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.
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- >>2) An 880K floppy drive? Why not HD? It won't cost that much!
- >
- >I agree. As a friend of mine pointed out, the Amiga may end up
- >in the same dilema that the Atari ST was in, when some of the
- >machines had single sided drived, and some had double sided ones.
- >This really pisses off software houses! And understandably too..
- >
- >I reckon it might be too late to start installing HD drives, but
- >I'd still like to see it done.
- >
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- According to Amiga Format in the UK, it was a simple choice between 2 megs
- of chip ram installed as standard or a HD drive. They consulted the s/w houses
- as to which they preferred and they all said the 2 megs of ram. The reason
- for this was to keep the price below 400 pounds. A good compromise I suppose,
- even though I would have loved to see a HD drive (and would have been prepared
- to pay for it).
- External HD drives are being advertised as appearing soon. So if you're that
- worried about having one... but that's off the point.
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- Adey Crook. Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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