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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, I was wrong AT! NOT !!
- Date: 19 Feb 96 21:29:06 +0000
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- >: Still slow (1/2 speed) HD read/write
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >and the extra cost of the electronics goes a long way towards nullifying
- >the price factor. Adding 256k of RAM and producing the board will defeat
- >the price (which was the problem in the first place -- Amiga HD floppies
- >are too expensive)
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- I dont think you get my meaning....
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- -Availability
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- Half speed capable drives aren't mainstream....put a buffer inbetween and you
- can use any off-the-shelf PC HD drive (the disk is still pumping out
- 500k/sec...just does one track...waits for amiga to read it all from the
- buffer...then next track etc - so the amiga is getting it at the speed it
- wants.)
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- Mike
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