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- From: chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200+
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 06:01:46 GMT
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- nyle landas (nyle@cyber1.servtech.com) wrote:
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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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- Floppies aren't usefull. They are way to small to be of use for
- transfering files or backing up data. You could alway use a modem to
- transfer data to a friend.
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- AT should sell machines with a hard drive and CDROM drive and without
- floppies drives. This allows third part companies to sell floppy drives,
- Zips or whatever. That way floppies aren't forced on you and you can
- choose which backup device fits your needs. Also it forces game
- developers to stop using floppy copy protection because they would have
- to ship on CD. AT also wouldn't have to worry about altering the floppy
- controller to handle HD floppies and in the PowerAmiga, they could
- eliminate it all together, lowering the development costs.
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- Chris Hall
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