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- Subject: Re: Floppy size in 1200?
- Message-ID: <liam.0983@durie.amigans.gen.nz>
- From: liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz (Liam Greenwood)
- Date: 10 Nov 92 20:21:05 GMT+12
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- Ferry van het Groenewoud (groenewo@fwi.uva.nl) wrote:
- > grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes:
- > >Arghh, I post a simple answer and get a petite diatribe in return. I'll admit
- > >that a HD floppy would be nice, perhaps very nice, but I'm not sure whether
- > >it is really essential on a machine with a built-in hard drive capability.
- >
- > >Is this really a buy/no-buy point for you?
- >
- > than DD diskettes for every stored byte. Also it can read HD MSDOS diskettes,
- > a very important thing since the A1200 will probably be able to simulate
- > an IBM at a usable speed. Another feature is that it can read standard
- > Macintosh HD-diskettes, taking away the need to convert them first. Very
- > handy with Amax: just pop in a HD macflop and go!
- >
- > Also: why isn't there a clock inside? It really baffles me: it costs
- No high density disk _IS_ a major decision point. The ability to move
- data to other platforms easily (MessyDOS and, especially, Macs) which this
- would provide is very important. The lack of clock puzzles me as well. I
- thought since it came standard in the 500plus that it would be on all new
- platforms. I really can't understand the cost argument on this one.
- --
- Liam Greenwood ------ liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz ------ Wanganui, N.Z.
- Don't tell my Mother I'm a programmer,
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