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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 2500UX ??
Message-ID: <18352@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 31 Jan 91 08:29:48 GMT
References: <224@nos850.UUCP> <18337@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <18337@cbmvax.commodore.com> kevin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Kevin Klop) writes:
>In article <224@nos850.UUCP> joem@nos850.UUCP (Joe Muller) writes:
>>P.S.   I have heard that Commodore will be touting a 1.44 MB High
>>    Density drive with future 3000UX's.  Can AE's drive be used as a substitute
>>    (seeing as how I already have one) ?

	You'd need to write a custom driver for the hardware (or get AE to).
The current ROMs and Unix do not include direct support for the AE drive, it's
their own custom thing.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Like a swift-flowing river
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