That is the most rediculous thing I have heard in a while. Why would you want to support two versions. When you could support only one? There are other differences between the GB-100 product and the GB-Pro product.
----- Original Message ----- From: "denon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 3:50 PM Subject: RE: no floppies? > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > There are tons of flash solutions that would work for Gnatbox. GTA even has > developed support for one, which they use in the GB-100. Why don't they > release it to non-GB100 users? Simple, why sell one product when you can > sell two. > > > At 01:58 PM 7/13/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >--------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > >Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > >Click the Register link and sign up today > >http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Could this work for a GNAT box? > > > >Look at http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fcfa.html for > > > >Summary > >An interface board has been developed which allows a CompactFlashTM card to > >be used as a boot device on a PC. It takes advantage of a feature of the > >CompactFlashTM Card that allows it to emulate an IDE hard disk drive. > > > > The price is: > >$49.00 US for members of TAPR > >or > >$59.00 US for non-members > > > >plus shipping and handling (see below). > >and will include: > > > >TAPR Compact Flash Adapter > >Documentation > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Nick Holland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:37 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: no floppies? > > > > > >--------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > >Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > >Click the Register link and sign up today > >http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Michael Little wrote: > > > I dont know about the rest of you but this list has turned into a soap box > > > for 'computer experts'. Why does a simple question have to turn into a > > > reason for everyone to share their vast knowledge of computers. > > > >Very simple. Because we enjoy it. > > > >We "computer experts" are not paid money to assist you by GTA or by > >you directly. Several of us I know provide free advice here, directly > >competing with our own businesses, answering questions for FREE when > >we could be charging you through the nose for it, spending time we > >could be working with paying customers. I have also seen evidence > >that many of the GTA employees who participate here are ALSO doing so > >on their own free time (or they work some VERY strange hours and > >days), and again, THEY are ALSO competing with their own > >support-for-fee business (and this, by the way, indicates a measure of > >belief in their product which is rare in any industry at the moment, > >and by itself is evidence of the quality of product GB is -- that > >their employees believe in it enough to devote their off-work time to > >it, as well). > > > >We do not owe you a thing. You have no right to claim our knowledge > >without compensation. Any attempt to take my knowledge (=work =labor) > >against my will, I shall deal with it as I would any other form of > >robber or looter. I expect compensation for the spreading of > >knowledge I have worked very hard to accumulate. > > > >Even if the rewards are not monetary, they must exist in some other > >way. That is the way it works. If there are no rewards, I (and I > >would guess others) pack up and go elsewhere. > > > >The rewards and compensation are that we enjoy helping people. We > >appreciate and enjoy the on-and-off list notes of thanks and > >appreciation, the feedback that we have provided useful assistance. > >We enjoy the mind stretching discussion. We enjoy bouncing ideas off > >each other. We enjoy teaching others. We enjoy LEARNING from others > >who know things we do not. This is the way intelligent people are -- > >I know enough intelegent people, I feel very safe in using the 'we' to > >refer to more than just myself. I have found ample compensation in > >the GNATbox mail list and other lists I participate in, and thus, I am > >very glad to participate, and I have reason to believe others > >appreciate my contribution and the contribution of other "experts". > > > >If you do not like this, the Internet is a very big place, you are > >very free to start your own list of computer non-experts, safe from > >those who have knowledge and experience, or putting whatever "experts" > >come your way under whatever leash you can get them to wear, for > >whatever compensation you can get them to accept. > > > > > > >I personally > > > don't give a rats ass what you all THINK about floppy drives. The guy had > >a > > > simple question that deserved a simple answer. > > > >It was a simple question, perhaps. Simple questions do not imply > >simple answers. Just as the classic "have you stopped beating your > >wife?" simple question has no simple "yes/no" answer, very often a > >question, such as the one which started this thread, has meaning far > >beyond what the asker thought. We have addressed some of the points > >we could have addressed. We got (slightly) sidetracked. And we > >enjoyed it. Debt paid. > > > > > I don't care what you think about keyboards, floppies, etc. Have some > > > consideration for the other people on this list who don't appreciate your > > > time wasting junk mail. > > > >You are free to delete my E-mail or that of anyone else without > >reading it (as are we) -- I believe there are even mail client > >packages which will do that for you automatically. You are free to > >ignore any threads which have run their course of utility in your > >mind. We don't babble on about things to torment you, that is not how > >we (or at least I) get our compensation. But we enjoy our > >compensation. > > > >And, if the observation that people are more likely to write in > >complaint than in praise is correct, I think I would have to say that > >other people are enjoying and appreciating our compensation, too. > > > >Who is John Galt? > > > > > >Nick. > > > >-- > >http://www.holland-consulting.com/ > >---------------------------------------------- > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > >in the body of the message > >---------------------------------------------- > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > >in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message >
