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From: stevem@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Steve McClure)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Rebirth?
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Date: 28 Mar 90 16:45:20 GMT
References: <15187@snow-white.udel.EDU> <1990Mar28.063207.11897@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1990Mar28.063207.11897@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>
>	Actually, this message isn't intended as a flame, not really.
>In the usual head-in-the-sand/ignorance of reality trash Marc usually
>espouses, there is one important point: a read/write optical disk. I
>think it worth noting that at AmiExpo DC, Active Circuits (makers of
>ImageLink which connects Amiga to Targa, etc.) displayed a Sony 650MB
>(I believe, something in that large range) r/w opti. It was connected
>using their hardware/software and lists for $5,000. Not cheap, I know.
>I have no idea what it will realistically sell for. If I remember
>correctly there was someone from Sony hanging around.

Isn't this about the same price as r/w opticals one the MS-DOS platforms?
A person I know, who develops custom things for people who don't know any
better, bought an optical for ~$6500.  I think it was a SONY unit, but I don't
recall anything else about it.


Steve
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