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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!john.hendrikx
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 19:41:22 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.4566@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 08 Jan 96 Jason Compton wrote to All:
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- JC> : I consider at least a small hard drive as needed these days (didn't I
- JC> say : this). As such, the Zip would replace BOTH the floppy and built in
- JC> 40 or : 80MB hard drive they'd probably put in. In this case, it would
- JC> cost MUCH : less than putting in BOTH a floppy and hard drive. I don't
- JC> see the floppy : only Amiga winning out to the current game systems -
- JC> people who would have : considered that Amiga are probably going with
- JC> the Saturn, Playstation, or : U64. As such, The Zip would appeal to low
- JC> end users interested in : *computing* tasks too (a little letter
- JC> writing, painting, etc.)
-
- JC> The problem is that shipping software on Zip would be much more
- JC> expensive than CD-ROM or floppy. Even if it's a DD floppy, having some
- JC> way to inexpensively store, share, and ship data is necessary.
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- More expensive than floppy? That just depends on how much floppies you're
- looking at. A ZIP could easily be filled completely with 100MB of 'handy'
- software, of which a good portion could be well-known and system-friendly PD
- and Shareware tools to make up for any 'gaps' in the standard software AT will
- provide.
-
- Grtz John
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