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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: diskspare more
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 01:41:42 GMT
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- >Another note regarding the DiskSpareDevice (DISKSP16.lha) program
- >I mentioned earlier. The author does not mention anywhere in his
- >docs that if you format the disk using FFS.. you can actually get
- >991K per disk! YEP!.. 991k from -ANY- amiga low-density floppy.
- >Don't bother checking the capacity with "info".. it'll tell you
- >983k no matter what. How do I know that 991k will fit? I split
- >some files up into pieces.. and successfully copied a 991k
- >file to ds0: anything more would not fit.
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- >The great thing about disksparedevice is that you can just mount
- >it and forget about it! it's just like cross-dos.
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- >Again, I applaud author Klaus Deppisch for his effort! And advise
- >anyone interested in getting the most from there floppy drives to
- >check the program out!
-
- That program and others have been around for awhile, But the fact is FLOPPYS
- are DEAD! DONE and OVER with! Hard Drives are the ONLY way to go for your
- Storage Neads. It's no longer the days of OS 1..0 though 1.3 of having a
- SMALL OS with Small Programs. Thats 10 years ago, Time to Move on. ALL NEW
- Amiga's, should have CD-ROM Drives, Maybe 1 High Density Floppy drive as a
- Option. The OS should come on CD-ROM, ALL games and Utilties should come on
- CD-ROM. Programs you want to put on HD to speed them up you Install them from
- the CD-ROM. None of that Disk Swapping crap, Floppy Going BAD. With CD-ROM's
- the Programmers can acually IMPROVE the program, NOT cut it down to size to
- fix on Less floppys, and even add Extra's like FONTS, Pictures, whatever that
- could Improve the Software even more. Hell I hardly EVER use my Floppy
- Drives, I have a External that NEVER gets Used, and a High Density Internal
- in my A1200, that I use once in a while, Only reson I have a High Density
- drive is mainly for Mac Support, I've YET to accaully USE a High Density Amiga
- Floppy. Sure I've formated a couple to try it out, but deleted after for MAC
- Stuff.
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- I say FORGET FLOPPYS. Don't waste the effort. Old Tech. Time to move on,
- like the Amiga's should have LLLOOOONNNNNNGGGG AAAAGGGGGOOOO. Like the people
- who bitch about MUI, you have them people who Bitch when Programs are Large
- and won't run on a 1 meg system, or Require OS 2.0 or 3.0. Who only have
- Floppy Drive(s) when a program really requires a hard Drive, I'm sure it's
- this Bitching that's Held back the Amiga where it is because people just don't
- want to Upgrade at ALL.
-
- That's my .02 cents worth...
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