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- From: "Robert S. Iacullo" <eagle@serv.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!y
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 07:25:58 -0700
- Organization: A.C.C.O.
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- Jolyon Ralph wrote:
- >
- > > Can you format 2 floppies at the same time with a PeeCee??
- > > ...
- > > but that's what makes the Amiga so great.
- >
- > Wow. Big deal. I can't format two floppies at the same time on my Amiga -
- > I've only one disk drive :-)
- >
- > Come on guys, if we're going to defend the Amiga seriously we can all
- > come up with much better reasons than this old 'format 2 floppies at a
- > time' tosh...
- >
- > And anyway, most disks are now pre-formatted for PC, so you don't need to
- > format them for a PC at all...
- >
- > Jolyon
-
- Hey, if you need a second floppy for your Ami, and don't need HD you can
- get a generic PC drive for about $35. Only thing is that you need to
- run CHANGE DISK when you change disks.
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- Robert S Iacullo
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