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From: engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: hardware 'upgrades'
Message-ID: <369@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 11:26:02 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.369
Posted: Sun Mar  8 11:26:02 1987
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Reply-To: engst@batcomputer.UUCP (Adam C. Engst)
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Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: mac/amiga/ATARI
Summary: What about disk space?


While I agree entirely that having the ROM image on disk makes it very easy
to uprade, it also chews up a great deal of disk space in most cases.  I
detest having to boot with a disk other than the one I wish to use, and I
detest even more having to put (in the case of the Mac) a 400 and some K
system folder on the stupid thing just to get it to boot and print.  I love
having all my Atari disks boot without wasting space, and I personally am
willing to wait longer for upgrades because of this.  I admit that I don't
know exactly how the Amiga works in this regard, but everything I've been
hearing has pointed towards it being similar to the Mac.
                                         Adam Engst

engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu
pv9y@cornella.bitnet