On 31-Jul-99, Dark 1 wrote:
>
> As I said in a reply to Mike Cardwell (he being the first one to slap me
> down :-) a CD-ROM would be a bit of an expensive white elephant to me, and
> also a little logistically problematic for for my particular untowered
> A1200.
well I've had a CD-ROM on my untowered A1200 for approx' 5-6 years
> I guess I'm just not as an enthusiastic computer user as the rest of you. It
> used to be a hobby, now I look on it more of an appliance. Kind of like a
> washing machine. :-)
you should be able to say get a 4xspeed scsi CD-ROM external for next to
nothing nowadays, you could use it with a cheap squirrel scsi interface or
use it with a surf squirrel scsi (so get the fast serial port) look in the
second hand stuff. The CD-ROM should be dead easy to get second hand cheap.
> My Amiga has become not much more than a means to access the internet as
> cost effectively as possible. As soon as the NC package is installed, I have
> little or no use for a CD-ROM. And being on somewhat of a tight budget,
> surely you can see my dilemma. It's a pity I can't borrow one.
If you get say Amiga Format you will have a CD to use every month so you will
use it honest.
> The new package looks *really* good, and you, Olli & everyone else involved
> in it should be congratulated. I really, really want it, but I'm going to
> have to think long & hard about whether I want it enough to justify the cost
> of the required upgrade.
you will be sorry not to get one as your only limiting yourself to how you use
your Amiga. There is so much on CD-ROM and you can use a lot of PC stuff as
well don't just think its only Amiga disks.
If you live near me I'll show you using my CD-ROM (what part of the country
are you from?)
Cheers all the best
Ken Walsh
Sent by the Amiga Computer System The Amiga A1200
'Coming soon the new AmigaNG'
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