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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 Floppy Drive Weirdness
Message-ID: <4052@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 10 Jan 90 09:02:31 GMT
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In article <11590003@acf5.NYU.EDU>, hargitai@acf5.NYU.EDU writes:
> yeah,  bad disk. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<cbm sucks when it comes to system

Can't resist this one. Guess I'll join in with everyone else.
It's a shame you don't own an Amiga.
> 
> disks. Firts of all I've gotten a pair of bad disks, not speaking
> 
How do you know they were bad?

> of the kickstart 1.2 workbench 1.3 combination packaged with the
> 
It IS compatible, but there is no way you received them with your machine
if you bought it new because:

* The A1000 (which is the only model to require kickstart) was not
manufactured after WB1.3 was released.

> hardware, something a five year old would probably not notice,

So either you are full of shit, OR your machine was not new. Let's assume 
the second: That hardly makes it any of Commodore's responsibility.

> 
> but the two are not compatible. 
> 
>   jh 

Regards Alan