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- From: ross@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ross Hippely - Manuals)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 specs and HD floppy infor wanted
- Summary: Try ordering HD drives
- Keywords: hd drive floppy
- Message-ID: <36728@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 19:27:23 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.231023.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <36694@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Reply-To: ross@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ross Hippely - Manuals)
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- In article <36694@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov4.231023.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> traynor@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:
- >> Will someone please e-mail me the specs on the Amiga 1200? I have asked
- >> before without a reply.
- >>
- >> Also, can someone definitively state whether there is a chance of my
- >> obtainaing an external HD floppy for my 500, or should I just give up and
- >> by a standard 880K floppy?
- >
- >As far as I know, there are no immediate plans to release an external
- >high-density floppy. When the drive itself becomes available as a
- >service part, it wouldn't be too hard kludge it into external form,
- >but then service parts tend to be $$$.
-
- At a user group meeting in this area last night, an Amiga dealer said that
- he had just received ordering information for the high-density floppy
- drives. I.e., one can presumably now order the drives (same as the one
- in the A4000 and some lucky A3000s) as a normal item. I am quite sure
- this meant the bare drive, not an external model.
-
- There were two US Commodore Marketing/Sales reps (yes, they do exist!) in
- the room at the time this statement was made, so I believe this to be fairly
- reliable information. However, I make no guarantees that YOUR local C=
- dealer has the same info now, nor do I know what the model or part number
- of the drive to ask for is. Of course, this would be valid only for the
- US. Inquire.
-
- >George Robbins - now working for, work: to be avoided at all costs...
- >but no way officially representing: uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
- >Commodore, Engineering Department domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com
-
- Disclaimer emphasis: I am reporting what I heard. Statements of actual
- product availability come from a different source.
-
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