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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 13:26:54 GMT
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- John Hendrikx (john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In a message of 08 Jan 96 Jason Compton wrote to All:
-
- : 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.
-
- : 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.
-
- What it boils down to is that a ZIP drive would be both more expensive
- and less convenient for cross-platform disk sharing, which in my opinion
- is the #1 reason the double density drive in the A4000T is a crime.
-
- Without solving that problem in a reasonable manner, there's no point
- dealing with other storage solutions.
-
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