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From: A.C.Crook@newcastle.ac.uk (Adey Crook "Just leave me with my thought")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Awesome! Now I am Pi**ed!
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Date: 12 Dec 90 12:48:56 GMT
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In article <yorkw.660439360@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>,
yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes:
>>They only recognise a 1 drive machine 'cos most people in the UK have only
>one drive.
>
>Sorry, but this is a very lame excuse.
>
>How do ya program on an amiga with 1 drive?
>(Assuming ya don't have a hard drive)
>
>As far as i can tell most 500 owners have 1 meg. 
>(All the ones I know do)
>(I here prices are HI in UK)
>
>(I got an A501 for sale, any takers....)
>

I agree. Anyway, everyone I know in the U.K. has 1 meg and an extra drive.
The price of the extra 1/2 meg expansion is now down to just over 30
pounds ($55)
which is about the same price as many games.
Drives are now around 60 pounds ($110) far from extortionate.
Ok, so the average games freak may not want an extra drive for
programming but there
are a lot of us who do, and would prefer it to be used.

However, I do find hard drive prices very high on this side of the pond.
For example
I saw the new 40 meg series II drive from GVP advertised in Amiga World
(US magazine) for $599.
This is roughly 300 pounds. I thought `yeah sounds good, wonder when I
can get one over here`.
A couple of months later I see the UK version advertised for 600 pounds
- thats getting on for 
$1100. I have written to GVP asking about the pricing policy and the
possibility of converting the US drive to UK spec. I have not received a
reply yet.

I suppose the only way prices will drop is when the UK market realises
the Amy is not just a games machine.
 
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