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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 floppy drive compatibility question
Keywords: Amiga 1000 drive
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Date: 1 May 90 15:02:13 GMT
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In article <5407@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> mwf@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (mark.w.forman)
writes:
>... will the internal disk drive on my Amiga 1000 function properly as
>df1: on my Amiga 2000?

Sure, but I don't think it's worth the trouble....

>I have an external drive, but calling it df2: is making me nauseous
>(I'm so used to df1: and don't want to constantly be doing ASSIGNs).

I think that just one ASSIGN in your startup-sequence would probably
be sufficient.  However, the mountlist that comes with 1.3 (and 1.2, I
think) has an entry for calling the first external drive on an A2000
DF1:.  It's described in the Enhancer Manual.

Personally (I know you didn't ask), I rarely use the DFn: drive names
to avoid problems like this.  That's what *volume* names were invented
for.  Makes life much easier, especially when you upgrade to a hard
disk.

>Mark W. Forman (no .sig saves natural computing resources)

-hans
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