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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000's with High Density Drives!
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 22:46:32 +0100
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- Michael Supp <supp@ridgefield.sdr.slb.com> writes:
-
- >Perhaps a different HD floppy could be found...or else at least put
- >a 4X CD as a standard feature in the "next" Amiga and put the OS on
- >a CD ROM so at least if something goes wrong with the boot HD there
- >will be something the user can boot off of to diagnose the problem.
-
- Not saying that a HD floppy is bad.. but why would you need a HD
- floppy to "boot off to diagnose the problem when something goes
- wrong with the boot HD" ? Last time I checked the boot floppies
- were double density and large enough to contain a minimum system
- and diagnostic tools.
-
- >If you have a networked computer then I agree that a floppy is not
- >needed very often.
-
- As often as before.
-
- >By the way how do you load new SW on a floppyless Amiga?
-
- Dunno, besides the CD32 which just had a CD for mass storage
- I haven't seen a floppyless Amiga.
-
- >PPS: Now you know why most computer makers have more than one source for parts!
-
- Oh, he probably also knows why most people buy PCs.
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- Michael van Elst
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