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- Path: sparky!uunet!cbmvax!lassa
- From: lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Lassa)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HD ad infinitum
- Message-ID: <37083@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:32:34 GMT
- References: <9661@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>
- Reply-To: lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Lassa)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 33
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- In article <9661@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> xero@cislabs.pitt.edu (George J Karabin) writes:
- >>In article <9656@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> xero@cislabs.pitt.edu (George J Karabin) writes:
- >>>Well, I realize this is nothing new, but it can't hurt to say it:
- >>>
- >>>To those a Commodore who might listen, I would like to see HD drives become
- >>>available for all Amigas. I have been a pretty loyal buyer from Commodore over
- >>>[stuff deleted about importance of HD drives]
- >>>Thank you,
- >>> Josh Karabin,
- >>> Potential Buyer of Many Future Big Money Amiga Products
- >>[stuff deleted about vapor drives]
- >
- >Okay, I realize that you're just "speculating" about this EHD disk drive,
- >but come on, it's complete vapor. At least C= is shipping 1.76 meg drives
- >with the A4000. Since this drive is actually being built, all I want to know
- >is why it isn't feasible to stick it in an external box and sell it to the
- >squirming masses who would buy it? If a C= engineer could tell me why it
- >wouldn't work, I'd have no complaints. I just want to know.
- >
- >Later,
- > Josh
-
- Josh, You can't always get what you want, so I'm not going to tell
- you... Just kidding :} Yes, the "thicker" version of this drive is
- shipping in the A4000 now. And yes, we agree that an external HD drive
- would be a useful product for those with LD-equipped amigas. And yes, it
- is technically feasible. That's all a C= engineer can tell you. Maybe
- you should make your request known to your dealer, as I'm sure (s)he's in
- contact with C= Sales/Marketing.
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