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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E Taylor IV)
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 19:29:40 GMT
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- In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960112043005.5714A-100000@mail.inhb.co.nz> Ross Deeley <rossdee@inhb.co.nz> writes:
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- :> Zip 100megs for $15 vs. CDROM 650megs for $1. Which is more economical?
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- :A ZIP can be written to, so the user can configure the software - CDROMs
- :can't.
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- That's what hard drives are for.
-
- :Well out of 454 files totalling 52 megs I have downloaded from Aminet in
- :the last 4 months or so, only one file is too large to fit on a DD floppy.
-
- How many disks does the complete Workbench 3.1 setup come on? We're
- talking distributing big stuff, like applications and multi-disk games.
-
- :All the existing software is on floppy, and it will be some time after
- :the release of the machine before a significant amount (apart from CD32
- :titles and PD CD's)
-
- That's no reason to *not* have a standard CD ... after all, we're trying to
- ditch the floppy!
-
- :If backup and transfer devices should be optional, why hasn't it happened
- :with PC's - after all nearly all the software for them is now on CD, and
- :the size of the software makes floppy disk distribution ridiculous, and
- :PC's are in a very competitive cut throat market...
-
- The CD isn't a backup device, for the record. :)
-
- :Its gpoing to be a while before the majority of amiga owners have CD
- :drives though.
-
- To increase that, make them standard with new amigas.
-
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