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- From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200 - No H.D drive, no 68030?
- Keywords: Commodore F**k up again!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.174830.22318@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 17:48:30 GMT
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- unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- There are >100 companies producing IBM HD floppy drives. Yet, there is
- only *1* company (Chinon?) producing Amiga HD floppy drive.
-
- Remember: the dual speed Amiga HD floppy drive is unique. Chinon designed
- it specifically for the Amiga...
-
- Supply and demand, my friend. Don't you see?\
-
- > The beef sandwich.
-
- Yours Sincerely,
- Kelvin
- e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
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