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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Accolades
Summary: And HF is being delivered now
Message-ID: <9313@gryphon.COM>
Date: 6 Dec 88 07:26:46 GMT
References: <5710@louie.udel.EDU> <3152@amiga.UUCP> <5407@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <5407@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>In article <3152@amiga.UUCP> kodiak@tooter.UUCP (Robert Burns) writes:
>>Commodore has provided a *standard* for storing the FastFileSystem on the
>>disk itself in loadable form.  That standard is embodied in the include
>>files  and .  It is currently
>>used by the following folks that I know of...
>>    Great Valley Peripherals (w/ new AutoBoot roms)
>>    MicroBotics HardFrame
>>    Commodore 591 (not yet available)
>
>	590, not 591.  It was at COMDEX, no announced price or availability
>dates.
Redmond just recently formally announced that the HardFrame was finally being
delivered. Kodiak has done one bangup job with the device driver. I figure it
is the first full DMA, full autoboot to FFS hard disk controller for the A2000
available to the public. I may be biased; but, I love mine! Go get 'em!

-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.