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- From: "Stefano Agostinelli" <agos001@pn.itnet.it>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 19:05:18 +0100
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- Maxwell Daymon wrote in comp.sys.amiga.misc about "A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!":
- > 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
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Uhm including ZIP as standard would be a good thing, but face reality it
- would increase price considerably:i.e. it's a practicable solution only
- for mid-high end machines, not for A1200 type ones.
-
- > 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?
-
- Again A1000 was not a low-end machine.
-
- > 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!) ;-)
-
- Yes.
-
- > 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.
-
- Sure Apple will lead maybe in 1998 with Copland release :)
-
- Cheerio
- Stefano
-
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