Chris Green wrote,
As I regularly have to trash
> the software installation on my 3000 in the course of reviewing for
> Amigactive, I need the convenience of being able to return to a CD
> containing at least a basic set of working applications, regardless of
> whether they are older versions or beta's, in order to do a reinstall (after
> all, that was what I paid for).
You really don't have to do that. Just back up the partition with
your boot Workbench and applications (Work?) and you can restore the
status quo with no problems after trying the new software or hardware.
I've had to do that dozens of times after changes of hard disk,
additions of new Zorro Cards, installing PFS2 and 3, getting over
OS3.5 problems. . . . I think you get the picture.
I know it is easier to rebuild from scratch on the PC, but that is a
much larger market and usually much more expensive software. I think
the little challenges for users staying with the Amiga are worth it
to keep the suppliers supporting it.
So please stop using your political clout as a magazine editor to piss
of one of the last, best hopes for the Amiga.
Regards
Roy Leith
