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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amegas And/Or Crystal Hammer?
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Date: 29 Feb 88 18:20:26 GMT
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In article <3374@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
> A German company recently showed up on CompuServe, mentioning
> that Crystal Hammer was theirs, and it shouldn't be posted,
> or distributed.

Given the way the German government protects 'US' software from pirating
an irrational side of me would like to see every Amiga owner in the US
get a free copy of this. But no, I will not lower myself to their level
however I suggest anyone who cares write their congress critter and complain
about the looseness with which Germans tolerate software piracy. Maybe
we could force them to give us a discount on a Mercedes :-)

On a completely different note, here in my hand I am holding the 
specifications for the CDC Swift drive. 3.5" form factor, 200 meg 
unformatted, 172 Meg formatted capacity, SCSI interface and 16.5ms
seek time. Using only 12 Watts of power. Anyway, they say "samples
by June" whatever that means. In the mean time Connors continues to 
back pedal on the 100M drive saying it isn't quite available yet in
spite of the rumors to the contrary. I'm collecting a list of 100+
megabyte 3.5" drives. If you know of one send me the name of the manufacturer
and I see if I can dig up more info on it and add it to the list.


--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.