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X-GateSoftware: AmiGate 1.3a (24.3.95)
In a message of 16 Jan 96 Martin Caspersson wrote to All:
MC> tlbelding@aol.com (TLBelding) wrote:
>> When you consider the range of
>> systems people have, and all the uncertainly over different formats in
>> the marketplace, maybe the best thing is to simply say all Amigas have an
>> external SCSI connector, and the user can plug whatever he wants into it.
>> That may be Zip, Jaz, SyQuest, mangeto-optical disks, tape drives. The
>> user can pick the storage that's best for his system, and Amiga Tech don't
>> have to bet the farm on some format that might fizzle in the long run.
MC> I have thought about the ZIP drive since I posted earlier and I've come
MC> to the same conclusion as you have. It would be better to have the
MC> external SCSI connector. ZIP drives could come out of fashon real soon
MC> and including one with the Amiga maybe is a bit of a risk.
Yep, just look at Syquests. Didn't they start at 20M, then 40M? I now have a 270M because many of the bureaus I use have them, but who knows what will be around the corner!
Regards,
PM
************************************************************************** Perry Mowbray
