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- From: unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200 - No H.D drive, no 68030?
- Keywords: Commodore F**k up again!
- Message-ID: <By2sAH.MEM@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 16:54:16 GMT
- References: <BxszLL.946@newcastle.ac.uk> <smcgerty.722090931@unix1.tcd.ie> <By0LIp.6ED@newcastle.ac.uk> <By2non.KDw@newcastle.ac.uk>
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- In article <By0LIp.6ED@newcastle.ac.uk>, A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk (A.C. Crook) writes:
- >
- > >>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.
- > >
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > Adey Crook. Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne.
-
- I read Amiga Format too, and I read the article. Perhaps I forgot to mention in
- my first article, that (in the PC market anyway) the difference in price between
- a DD and an HD drive was only a few quid.
-
- Sorry, but Commodore's argument doesn't wash. I rekon in the short to medium
- term, A1200's will appear with HD drives, probably March at the earliest.
-
- The beef sandwich.
-