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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Floppy size in 1200?
- Message-ID: <69867@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 19:24:38 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Bx5ysJ.DtE@news.iastate.edu> <13414@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- <dej.022p@qpoint.ocunix.on.ca> <1992Nov18.161701.25519@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- > Some people have been complaining about the size of the floppy for games.
- > Personally, I think since the PCMCIA slot is there that's a moot point.
- > You can fit up to many MB's of rom on one of these small cards. Plus the
- > load times for this would be instantaneous.. I think however the Cross
- > DOS support would be a good reason to have a 1.44 mb floppy but you can
- > still live with 720K disks for data transfer.. Also, if you are talking
- > about larger files ASDG packages a great utility with ADPRO called Splitz
- > and Joinz which also comes with the equivalent PC, Windows and MAC
- > versions that will help break up just about any large file up over
- > several disks...
-
- How much does one 2MB floppy cost for manufacturers? Let's say in bulk
- .50-.60$. How much does a 2 meg PCMCIA cost? Hmm. I'd guess lots more
- than .60$. Unless the security of theft by piracy makes them end up costing
- less, I would think manufacturers would want the lower cost of disk.
-
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- >dburnett@emunix.emich.edu
- >
- >EMU Mathematics Lab Consultant
- >
- >President, CreativEdge Systems
- >1436 N Prospect, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
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- -Joel
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- / Joel E. Swan....Pres./...Media Specialties, Ltd., Oak Forest, IL.USA /
- / & Senior Producer..../...Moody Broadcasting Network, Chicago, IL. USA /
- / Portal ID: joeles..../...joeles@cup.portal.com /
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