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- From: nyle@cyber1.servtech.com (nyle landas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200+
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 14:34:50 GMT
- Organization: ServiceTech, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4d0iqa$ab6@murphy.servtech.com>
- References: <4c32io$l4d@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4c36a2$fmu@alterdial.UU.NET> <820602084.2328@alladin.demon.co.uk> <925.6575T1136T1833@icon-stl.net> <4cfhq2$cug@kdcol.kdcol.com>
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- Kerry Hales (maverick@kdcol.kdcol.com) wrote:
- : William F. Maddock (wmaddock@icon-stl.net) wrote:
- : : On 02-Jan-96 22:00:17 ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk Action Jackson wrote:
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- : : >I would perper if AT left out the Floppy. I have an A1200 and using
- : : >floppy games are a PAIN IN THE BUT. insert disk 4/6 then move two
- : : >spaces then insert disk 2/6 etc... (Very few Amiga games install on
- : : >Hard disks).
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- : : >I would much perfer a CD drive and have WB come on bootable CD...
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- : : I seriously hope you mean have WB come on *installable* CD. If you have to
- : : boot from the WB CD you then get into CD swapping. This is no better then
- : : floppy swapping.
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- : Since when did you ever do CD swaping? The entire Amiga archives and WB and Dos
- : will fit easily on a CD. Bootable CD's already exsist. I like the idea.
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- What do I do if I want to archive filesfrom the hard drive? Or give a
- picture to a friend? etc. etc. etc. A computer without a floppy is ot too
- useful as a computer. Only as a game machine like the CD32 with a keyboard.
- Both a floppy and CDROM drive should be standard.
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- -Nyle
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- Build a better mouse trap and Bill Gates will steal all the cheese.
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