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- From: gcondon@bix.com (gcondon)
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- Subject: Re: A4000 HD Drive, FORGET IT!
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 10:19:36 GMT
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- Chris Hall (chall@clover.cleaf.com) wrote:
- : gcondon (gcondon@bix.com) wrote:
-
- : : This talk about ZIP drives is great, but there is a large media cost involved.
-
- : : Floppies and CD-ROMs are relatively inexpensive to duplicate, but
- : : I think the ZIP media is way too expensive for software distribution.
- [snip]
-
- : There's no reason that they couldn't loose the floppy, use a CDROM for
- : distribution and use a hard drive for active storage. Backup devices
- : (floppies, Zips, etc) could be purchased as a option. AT could suggest
- : Zips as a backup storage device but in the end leave it up to the user.
- : CDROMs are cheap enough to replace the floppy.
-
- [snip]
-
- Chris,
-
- All the ideas you mention are great but I don't think practical
- for an incremental revision to the 1200, be it 1200+ or 1300 or
- whatever.
-
- My best suggestion would be to get an HD 3.5 drive on them if
- possible and have cheap add-on deals for a PCMCIA SCSI interface
- that can drive a CD-ROM and/or ZIP drive.
-
- The follow-on PPC generation is where AT should be concentrating
- their R&D resources for major motherboard changes, not the current
- 1200 series. Of course, you can agree to disagree <grin>.
-
- I bet AT could get their costs for a SCSI PCMCIA controller down
- to way under $40 per unit in quantity. Heck, the Squirrel is
- going for $99 retail in Amazing. Why bother with motherboard
- changes?
-
- Greg
-