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- From: lewis@gto.jsc.nasa.gov (Steve Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD-ROM
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:26:51 GMT
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- In article <Bzu958.DvD@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
-
- [discussion of the benefits of putting a CD-ROM into an Amiga ...]
-
- > I've suggested that as well. Floptical drives and CD-ROM drives cost about
- >the same. It is a toss-up right now which would be more beneficial in the
- >short run. I think CD-ROM drives would be more beneficial in the long-run,
- >at any rate.
-
- One interesting point that comes from an article in the January '93 Amiga
- Format:
-
- "Commodore have already pointed out to us that, to them, the cost of putting
- a CD drive in a machine would be roughly equivalent to putting a floppy
- drive in."
-
- The article goes on to strongly imply that we could expect integrated CD-
- ROMS in Amigas (i.e., standard equipment) in the near future.
-
- IMO, this would be quite nice.
-
- -Steve
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- Steve Lewis, lewis@gto.jsc.nasa.gov, (713) 483-8126
-
- "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
- -- Mark Twain, 1897
- -- Commodore-Amiga, July, 1992
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