Re : Re: Re: 90x0, was: New user

Re : Re: Re: 90x0, was: New user

From: hwarin_at_neuf.fr
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:10:54 +0000 (GMT)
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  I didn't mentionned that but i also noticed it as "curious" ....

  Anyway, D9090 makes talk of itself...

  Does anyone have a copy of the Transactor's "Complete Commodore Inner
  Space Anthology" ?
  It the place where I first heard of the existance of the D9090 ...
  and had never seen one before buying mine on eBay.



  ----- Message d'origine -----
  De: Ethan Dicks
  Date: Lundi, Avril 27, 2009 17:05
  Objet: Re: Re: 90x0, was: New user
  Ā: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se

  > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anders Carlsson
  > wrote:
  > > Hervé asked:
  > >
  > >>  - What was original retail price ?
  > >
  > > This Wikipedia user notes he found a Commodore price list from
  > September> 1983. Back then, the D9060 was listed at 1995 GBP, a
  > D9090 at 2495 GBP. I
  > > don't know when those hard drives originally were released, some
  > time in
  > > 1982?
  > >
  > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Suenarmy
  >
  > Odd... so this guy wrote up a bunch of C= docs on his _user_ page
  on
  > Wikipedia? That seems rather bizarre.
  >
  > From glancing over it, there's some good info in there, but it
  could
  > really use a spell-check and some editing assistance.
  >
  > One factual nit-pick... he says "(on the D9090 25% of the Hard
  > Disc is
  > never used)." I think he's comparing the raw and formatted
  capacities
  > of the drive and neglecting sector header overhead, etc.
  >
  > -ethan
  >
  >
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  >

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