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From: C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU ("Eric Edwards")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: re: Game vs Multitasking
Keywords: One drive, 512k
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Date: 1 Jun 90 01:20:10 GMT
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Many times in this discussion I've been told that the "average amiga" is
a 512k A500 with 1 drive.  I find this a little hard to believe.  Most of the
500 owners that I know have 2 drives and 1 meg.  Those that don't fit into two
catagories.

1)  They plan to get a second drive and an A501 in the very near future.
2)  They don't use their computer much.

Catagory 2 people are very unlikely to buy software and when they do are much
more likely to be swayed by the pressence of the game running in a store
display (i.e. off a HARD DRIVE)

Catagory 1 people will at worse, delay the purchase and probably are few
enough in number (the window is small) to not worry about.

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