| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 58.1 | Distilled Wisdom | NUHAVN::SORKIN | Al Sorkin 289-1280 | Wed Jul 02 1986 17:22 | 10 |
| The distilled wisdom at this time is :
* Manx "c"
* Wait on the hard disk since rapidly decreasing $$
are forcast within 6 months
* Wait about 2 months on expansion boxes and cards
lots coming out , need to sort out performance
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| 58.2 | Same here | CYBORG::LAMBERT | | Thu Jul 03 1986 12:36 | 4 |
| Knowing as little as I do about the Amiga, but having much contact with
Amiga users, I would have to agree with Al.
brian
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| 58.3 | what about memory & 2nd floppy? | KIRK::KYZIVAT | Paul Kyzivat | Thu Aug 07 1986 16:14 | 7 |
| what about memory and 2nd floppy drive? I gather 512k is necessary for much
software.
As someone just starting to look, I am also interested in understanding what
the "standard" configuration includes and how useful it is.
Paul
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| 58.4 | Can't live without them... | HYSTER::DEARBORN | The One to Watch <> | Fri Aug 08 1986 11:54 | 7 |
| Many software packages require at least 512K. I can't imagine trying
to use the Amiga with only one drive. Just like the Mac, disk swapping
would quickly send you screaming out the door to buy a second drive,
at any price!
Randy
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| 58.5 | Agreed: need disks and memory. | GWEN::LANDAU | | Wed Sep 03 1986 16:33 | 8 |
| Second that motion: I doubt that an Amiga would be "useful"
without two floppy drives and 512K. Depends on one's
frustration levels, in the case of the disk, but much software
just won't run without the extra memory, e.g., compilers and
linkers. Go into a store and look at the labels on software:
almost all packages say "Requires 512K."
rick
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| 58.6 | Coming to take me away, hee hee.... | NINJA::HEFFEL | Owned by a cat | Thu Sep 04 1986 01:39 | 15 |
| Yessssss. The second drive is necessary. I didn't get one. I'm
going wacko. Fortunately I got the extra memory. Maybe I can hold
off the madness for another month or so. Ayeeeeeeeeee! :^)
Spend the extra $$'s for the drive and memory. The brain cells
you save may be your own.
Waiting on the cash for DF1:,
Gary
BTW, having the extra drive might also help you keep your data intact.
I've trashed the data on several disks because I've pulled them
out of the drive before the light went out. Damn requestors come
up before the drive stops. Shouldn't happen if there's no need
to swap. Or if you watch the stupid light. |-(
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| 58.7 | Me too. | CYBORG::LAMBERT | Max Headroom....Catch the wave... | Fri Sep 05 1986 11:00 | 5 |
| Gary, before I had a second drive I trashed almost every disk I
own because of that GD requestor which asks for another disk before
the heads are back in their cave... Major Frustration...
brian
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