Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000 disk slots Message-ID: <11260@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 2 May 90 20:03:53 GMT References: <1990Apr26.003754.13905@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <11099@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Apr26.234239.25763@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <11171@cbmvax.commodore.com> <740@ki.UUCP> <11214@cbmvax.commodore.com> <754@sagpd1.UUCP> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 25 In article <754@sagpd1.UUCP> monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes: > I'm not to sure that they did such a "Good" job by forcing us to >buy drives from commodore and not a third party. Exactly the same thing has been the case every time we introduced a new machine. When the 1000 came out, you could only buy external drives from Commodore. When the 2000 came out, you could only buy internal drives from Commodore. In both cases, the 3rd parties eventually changed the situation. I suspect, if there's a demand, the same thing will happen this time around. >This kind of "ease of repair" is not lost on many bussiness customers. No different than with any Macintosh. And actually better, because the mechanism is an industry standard; no special motor speed control required. I'm sure, by now, there are plenty of 3rd party drives that fit Mac internally too. >Monty Saine -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit" -REM