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- From: eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen)
- Subject: Re: HD drives for Amigas.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.210630.26845@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <9656@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> <BxqprI.ILs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 21:06:30 GMT
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- In article <BxqprI.ILs@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, bauerfw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Frederick W Bauer) writes:
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- > I've been reading a lot of complaints about how C= is evil for not making
- > HD floppies standard. Could it be that C= is really close to an AHD
- > (Amazingly High Density) floppy? If so, they wouldn't bother with HD drives.
- > They already have 2.44M floppies on the PC side of the world, so it should be
- > feasible. Anyway, this is just my speculation. But if it were true, putting
- > HD floppies on everything would just be a temporary solution that would leave
- > a LOT of people PO'ed once the AHD drives get here.
-
- I don't think so... Y? Because C= have never not released something simply
- because it's going to be obsolete in the next five minutes ($%&$%A500Plus&%$%). I
- hope they see the light soon, tho... Even if you are right, I'd prefer an HD
- drive NOW rather than an ED drive in a years time...
-
- > Fred
-
- -Eyvind
-
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- \X/ | eyvind@lise.unit.no | Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Ackpth!
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