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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
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Subject: Re: Amiga portable
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Date: 28 May 91 15:05:01 GMT
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bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>        The 'portable' was not being developed by C=. It was/is(?) being
>developed by a third party company (name forgotten) in Germany. The first

I believe it was GigaTron, i could be wrong though.

>prototype that I heard about used an A500 motherboard. I've heard nothing
>else since then. Although the 'protable' may have died, the development
>that did go into it has produced some marketable products, such as a 2.5"
>internal hard disk for the A500 (exactly how they fit the interface I
>don't know. Possibly a piggyback arrangement in the 68000 socket). I only
>heard about the internal disk from a european magazine reviewing an Amiga
>expo about a year ago. I have no idea if it ever went on sale to the public.

of course, actually the internal drive is produced by ICD, a very American
company.  it's called the Novia, and uses a standard 2.5" IDE drive.  nothing
major, just uses a VERY small interface hooked into the 68000 socket.  I
really don't like these very much, if you buy one of them, the you decide to
get a MegaMidget Racer or something you have to lose the HD.

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