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- From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD-ROM
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.112421.2032@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- References: <lewis.81.0@gto.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec28.231433.7099@pro-freedom.cts.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 11:24:21 GMT
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- In <1992Dec28.231433.7099@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- >similarly priced to smaller but much faster HDs. Sure, CBM can buy in bulk
- >but so what? Floppy drives bought in bulk would be pretty cheap too, so
- >the relative cost should stay the same... at least 6x more expensive than a
- >floppy drive.
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- No. Floppies are sold much more than CD-ROMs. The bulk price for floppies
- is therefore not much lower than the price for a single unit.
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