Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Re: 68020 Upgrades & Macintosh (some Comments) Message-ID: <1097@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 16:48:24 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1097 Posted: Wed Dec 10 16:48:24 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 07:47:49 EST References: <7566@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 32 > > In article <10199@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis) writes: >> d) with 1.2 you can stick anyones 1.6M or 10Meg floppies on to it. > > Does anyone want to clarify this for me a bit?? Does this mean that > 1.2 automatically will recognized any drive I stick on my Amiga, or does > this mean, as long as I have a driver I can use it. And if the latter > is the case, wouldn't protected software make that ineffectual?? > > > lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu Any standard floppy can be driven with the trackdisk.device driver, you don't need a special driver. About all you have to do is connect it, and edit your mountlist to reflect the number of tracks and sides, etc. The software protection issue is really a non-issue; a strange disk drive isn't going to work any worse than a hard disk, and is actually capable of running some protected software if you really want to, though most of the state of the art backup utilities remove protection on the Amiga. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Haynie {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh "Laws to supress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history have based their job security." -Bene Gesserit Coda These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they may be yours too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~