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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip)
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Subject: Re: Psygnosis Missed the Point!
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Date: 8 Jun 91 20:55:11 GMT
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In article <2197@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> cs87fmc@cc.brunel.ac.uk (F M Cargill) writes:
>In article <1991Jun8.031144.26864@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun Control is a firm grip) writes:
><Stuff deleted>
>>IBM versions mount on a HD, why cant the amiga port do so?
>>Why why why why why.....
>
>The excuse I heard was that there is the same proportion of piracy in both
>the MS-DOS and the Amiga markets, but because the MS-DOS market is so big
>there's a lot more games being sold, so the software houses can afford to not
>put any key disk protection on the games.
>
>I know, there are some important flaws in the argument, but some people
>really think this way and use it as a justification for gronking your disk
>drives.
>
>My solution for HD installable games on the Amiga? Get the MS-DOS version and
>run it off the BridgeBoard :-)

sigh. I have a 500 and have 0 intentions of getting a bridge... aside from the
fact that they are so expensive and 8mhtz.... bleah.
PiRho- Because its Co-Ed  . "tsroes rm `nsti ihst""enlgood rakm si amen ym"//
"Brave Sir Robin ran away. Bravely ran away away."                        //A 
Macintoshes should be accelerated at 32ft/sec^2                       \\ //mig
Gun Control means using both hands                                     \X/  A