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From: alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: Your Ultima Quote
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Date: 1 May 91 06:43:10 GMT
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In article <16006@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>came on 5.25" floppies for 8-bit Apple IIs.  Many Apple II family owners
>do not even have 5.25" disk drives, and IIGS owners would prefer to spend

Umm...I don't know where you've been lately, but the 8-bit systems
outnumber the IIGS by about 5-to-1, and 8-bit systems without 5.25"
drives are extremely rare.  (The only 8-bit systems you're likely to
see without 5.25" drives are the very small number of IIc Pluses with
their built-in 3.5" drives.)  I'd think it's safe to say that the vast
majority of Apple II owners have 5.25" drives, which would be most
software publishers' deciding factor in determining which
format--5.25" or 3.5"--to use for distribution.

By comparison, 3.5" drives are much less common.  Sure, almost every
IIGS has at least one, but most 8-bit systems don't have 'em.  (I
don't have one, and getting one is fairly low on my list of things to
get for my system.)

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