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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth)
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Subject: Re: INFO NEEDED: "Amstrad" (sp?) Computer
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 11:46:00 EST
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I saw the Amstrad too.  It was advertised in the Wall Street Journal and I
also saw it in one of those video auction shows for the same price.  Looks
nice for a CP/M machine with one major exception.  The disks appear to be
one of the "loser" sub-5 1/4 inch, rigid shell formats.  If this is true,
and you buy one of these you may have significant trouble obtaining media,
and certainly will have trouble getting another disk drive.

Of course any TRUE hacker will just add on 5 1/4 inch drives, but not
everybody is a hacker these days.