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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 06:18:38 GMT
- Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
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- John Prosper (prosper@sed.cs.fsu.edu) wrote:
- : Maxwell Daymon <mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com> wrote:
- : >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.
-
- I was *hoping* that the Zip would be in all so that it could be used as
- an LCD device. When a developer wants to release something for the Amiga,
- they can be assured it will have a Zip. (Just as they were assured an
- 880K drive when the A1000 came out)
-
- Maybe a Jaz (or larger fixed drive) as an extra option, but keep the Zip.
- Replace the Amiga's dependency on those antiquated floppies.
-