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- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.075616.4682@usl.edu>
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- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
- References: <8798@orbit.cts.com> <1992Dec22.055037.29390@usl.edu> <1992Dec22.065457.16927@ra.msstate.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:56:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.065457.16927@ra.msstate.edu> jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce) writes:
- > (Stephenson Daniel A) writes:
- >>...or run text-based program from other floppy disks. Can the Amiga
- >>boot off a floppy? Uh huh. Then what do the vast majority of
- >>Amigans do? *Right*. They swap disks.
- >
- > Of course, they could do what I did to my Amiga, bought an external
- >drive. So both of my Amigas have an external floppy, much easier to move
- >them from machine to machine than ms-dog machines floppy drives. DJ.
-
- What? What? You know, for most people, most MS-**DOG** people
- (never mind the fact that we were talking about OS/2) booting from a
- floppy is done in *emergencies* when the _large_ harddrive isn't
- accessible for some reason. And like a typical Amigan, you'll find
- *some* way to twist PC's (OS/2 or MS-DOS) use of harddrives into being
- a disadvantage because Amigas usually don't have harddrives to depend on.
-
- Woo woo. Besides, Jimmy, many PCs have dual floppies *anyway*, so
- your point is doubly-moot.
- r
- > Jim Pierce Bach. of Sci. in Applied Computer Science USM
- > jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu Disclaimer: Standard.
- --
- Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu
- "Yes Dan, I have heard of Ultima Underworld. From my point of view it
- appears to be a rather large stick which you seem to be using to beat
- everbody in this group with." -Mark Steyn, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
-