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- From: prosper@sed.cs.fsu.edu (John Prosper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 7 Jan 1996 06:35:39 GMT
- Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
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- Maxwell Daymon <mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com> wrote:
- >Here's the situation: The Amiga market is saturated with DD disks. There
- >is very little HD distribution, and use is typically to exchange data
- >with other machines or for backup purposes. There is very little holding
- >the Amiga back to need HD drives, so why not do this:
- >
- >Just forget the HD drive. Make the Amiga come standard with a Zip drive.
- >Yes, it will cost a little more - but the Amiga is in the PERFECT position
- >to dump that garbage floppy technology and jump on a new standard. The
- >Amiga doesn't need to be in last place again. With a deal from Iomega, the
- >Zip drive needn't even cost that much more (if the cost of the HD and
- >floppy drive are eliminated). The Amiga 1000 was brave enough to ship with
- >a 3.5" drive when the "whole world" used 5.25" disks, why not lead again?
- >
- >The Zip drive will tackle two problems at once: poor FD support from the
- >custom chips and no HD in lower end models.
- >
- >Why fight to make an internet software package fit on an 880K floppy? It
- >will only turn out as garbage! Have a one-disk internet solution, but
- >make it a 100MB disk! Games can come on both 25MB and 100MB disks -
- >faster than a CD-ROM, reusable if the game is trash ;-), and not
- >restricted only to people with access to print a large quantity of
- >CD-ROMs.
- >
- >The low end would use the Zip drive as BOTH a floppy and hard drive
- >replacement. High end models would also include a large hard drive.
- >Replace the 23-pin floppy drive port with a 25-pin SCSI (which of course
- >would be where you plug in the CD-ROM drive!) ;-)
-
- Great idea, Max! and one which has been mentioned before by
- someone else. Better yet, give the user a choice between a
- bundled Zip or Jazz drive.
-
- >
- >
- >It'll never happen, I know. Apple will probably lead the way, followed by
- >the clones, followed by Amiga... Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
-
-
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- John A. Prosper Internet: prosper@cs.fsu.edu
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