JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu (JIM PIERCE) (08/23/90)
An erasable optical drive that can be used as either a bootable hard disk drive or just a data drive was announced in Amiga Plus magazine in the August/September, 1990 issue on p. 17. Its capacity is 570 Megabytes and runs $4,899 retail with the preformatted disks at $399 retail. Maybe I'm missing some marbles, but wouldn't this be better than a CD-ROM ? Updating would certainly be cheaper, but with a higher startup-price. * <JMPIERCE@USMCP6.BITNET> Jim Pierce at Univ. of Southern Mississippi * Disclaimer: 'Documentation? There's no documentation for bitnet.
JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu (JIM PIERCE) (08/26/90)
I found this alternative to a CD-ROM. I hope that you find it interesting. I'm leaving bitnet soon. I found a 40-hour a week job instead of the 19.5 working now. The new place has no net access. An erasable optical drive that can be used as either as bootable hard disk drive or just a data drive was announced in Amiga Plus magazine in the August/September, 1990 issue on p. 17. Its capacity is 570 Megabytes and runs $4,899 retail with the preformatted disks at $399 retail. Maybe I'm missing some marbles, but wouldn't this be better than a CD-ROM ? Of course higher startup cost, but cheaper to update. User just FTP the zoo ! * <JMPIERCE@USMCP6.BITNET> Jim Pierce at Univ. of Southern Mississippi * Disclaimer: 'Documentation? There's no documentation for Bitnet.'
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (08/28/90)
JMPIERCE%USMCP6.BITNET@vm.tcs.tulane.edu (JIM PIERCE) writes: > An erasable optical drive that can be used as either as bootable >hard disk drive or just a data drive was announced in Amiga Plus >magazine in the August/September, 1990 issue on p. 17. Its >capacity is 570 Megabytes and runs $4,899 retail with the >preformatted disks at $399 retail. Maybe I'm missing some marbles, >but wouldn't this be better than a CD-ROM ? Of course higher >startup cost, but cheaper to update. User just FTP the zoo ! I think the big difference is that the CD-ROM drive only costs slightly more than the cartridge for the drive you talk about above. and the CD-ROM disks are very cheap also, around $50. Plus don't forget, the CDTV that Commodore is coming out with. It would be better to be compatible with that device, than to go off at a tangent with a Magneto-optical drive like you mention above. The whole idea was to get the disks out to the masses. Not too many people want to pay more for their drive than they paid for their computer (a LOT more in some cases). A friend of mine has a Ricoh Magneto-Optical drive hooked up to his Amiga. It's pretty nice, but the cartridges are EXPENSIVE (about the same as you mention above). If all you want is a removable read-writable drive, there are cheaper ones than optical drives. >* <JMPIERCE@USMCP6.BITNET> Jim Pierce at Univ. of Southern Mississippi >* Disclaimer: 'Documentation? There's no documentation for Bitnet.' -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash