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- From: ucacmsu@ucl.ac.uk (Mr Stephen R Usher)
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- Subject: Re: Why no floppy port on the Falcon??
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.092828.24518@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 09:28:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.222135.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu> dtarico@violet.ccit.arizona.edu writes:
- >Can anybody give a good reason why the Falcon would not have an external
- >floppy drive port? If not, I think it is really stupid that they left it
- >off. They immediately make the Spectre GCR (in it's current form)
- >incompatible by doing so. I also have an external HD drive that I would
- >like to be able to use. Unless there is some good reason for leaving off
- >the floppy drive port, I think this was a pretty stupid move. It seems
- >like a simple option to include. Hasn't it been included in all previous
- >ST(e) and TT models?
-
- I think there is a very good reason.. not enough space on either the back of
- the machine or the circuit board.
-
- From the photos I've seen of the Falcon's internals they are pretty crammed
- as it is!
-
- Would you prefer a floopy port to the SCSI2 interface, or would you like not
- to be able to have an internal hard drive?
-
- In this small a machine everything is a compromise.
-
- >--
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Doug Tarico
- > dtarico@ccit.arizona.edu Where's it gonna get you when
- > doug@sie.arizona.edu your time comes up?
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Steve
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