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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 05:40:36 GMT
- Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
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- Byron Montgomerie (bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : Maxwell Daymon (mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com) wrote:
- : : Fine, but I think a solution to the HD problem is clear. It'd also make
- : : adding a CD-ROM drive easier and cheaper than buying both a drive AND
- : : custom interface. It'd also get rid of the crap standard IDE.
-
- : SCSI CD-ROMS are more expensive than their ISA/IDE counterparts as well.
-
- To a degree, but the quality is absolutely garbage. Although I recognize
- the importance of a low end Amiga, filling it with sub-standard crap
- isn't the solution (IMHO). Especially since it would reflect directly on
- the Amiga - not some 'stupid dealer' or 'stupid multimedia company' - at
- least the blame can be redirected in the clone industry.
-
- I've used and installed many of those cheap IDE CD-ROM drives and they
- work and feel like toys. You'll be paying close to the same price for a
- *quality* unit.
-