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- From: aTmosh@amiga.ow.nl (Thomas Tavoly)
- Subject: Re: A4000's with High Density Drives!
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- References: <19960103.89CA330.4A1B@vrb.com> <96004.153727LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <peterk.0jxs@combo.ganesha.com>
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- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 20:57:48 GMT+2
- Organization: Wait a minute, maybe I can find where I wrote that down..
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- In article <peterk.0jxs@combo.ganesha.com> peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel) writes:
-
- > >Yeap. I think the idea works, but need a bit more engineering to make
- > >it reliable and easy to manufacture. As is, it would require a patch
- > >in trackdisk for them to work reliably which means you can't boot off
- > >a HD.
- >
- > And say goodbye to many games, I assume. People don't like this.
- > I can tell from the protest letters we receive because of the current
- > floppy problems of some games.
-
- I only use the floppy for either transfering software/documents from/to my
- PC or to my old A500 or to a Mac from ShapeShifter. I don't play much games
- that can't be installed on HD. Most other form of communication goes
- through Internet or BBS's. CD-ROM is the way to go for new packages and
- hopefully it will be available from AT as an option for the A1200 this year.
-
- Games that only run from DD floppies are definitely out, not just from the
- poweruser's point of view, since multidisk games are cheaper to manufacture
- on CD nowadays.
-
- Including only a DD drive with an A4000T is indeed a crime and should be
- solved ASAP. I guess I'm lucky to have a C= made A4000 with a drive that
- supports both formats.
-
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