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From: murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu (William J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000
Message-ID: <3625@newton.physics.purdue.edu>
Date: 1 May 90 16:55:54 GMT
References: <79733@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <8863@hubcap.clemson.edu> <11126@cbmvax.commodore.com> <153@next.com>
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In article <153@next.com> Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer) writes:
>
>If Commodore were to provide the 3000 without a harddisk, too many people
>would end up making the mistake of buying the machine without it, and then
>getting one later, which would invalidate all the advantages listed above.
>
>Ali (Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com)

Ali, Does this imply that NeXT blundered when selling their diskless NeXT?
I seem to recall a fair number of postings in comp.sys.next asking how
to enter the correct identifiers for such and such a drive.  8^) 8^)

Actually, I think that a diskless 3000 wouldn't be all that bad considering
the room available for expansion memory.  I don't think I could stand the
amiga with a single floppy and 1 Megabyte.  I have 3MB and 2 floppies in a 
2000.  If C= sold such a machine, (diskless 3000) they should provide a 
program like what I've seen in the Supra adds.  I believe it is called
Supra Edit and is meant to allow the user to add a hard drive in a relatively
painless manner.
-- 
Bill Murphy                                  | Zaphod, Vell he's just zis
murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu             |         guy you know.
Amiga, it's not a religion, it's a lifestyle | Honk if you're Elvis!