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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: High-end Amiga PRICES, PowerPC
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 19:38:02 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4f2uea$qmg@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <4dvo25$jdv@marton.hsr.no> <4eb17o$ha9@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> <philw-2601962027070001@philw.users.xplor.com> <Kevin_Phair.042n@a3000.internet-eireann.ie> <peterk.0kc1@combo.ganesha.com> <4f2ngg$4c0@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>
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- artgoat@ix.netcom.com (VW) writes:
-
- >Why not just give the new 1200's a faster data separator? That'd be a
- >lot cheaper than hacking the drives.
-
- You mean that redesigning a custom chip is easy and cheap ?
-
- >Heck, it's an off-the-shelf
- >product.
-
- Nothing that would be compatible.
-
- >DD is dead, and long may it stay that way. It's 10+ year
- >old technology.
-
- I think floppies are dead. There are two good reasons for HD drives: data
- exchange with other computers and the possibility that drives couldn't read
- DD any longer. But technological merits are only a very weak reason.
-
- >STILL write DD drives for interchange with older machines. My
- >A4000/040 can, and my 386 can, so I know it's possible.
-
- You mean your 386 can write Amiga disks ?
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- Michael van Elst
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