Amiga 1000

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com>
Date: Sun Jul 7 13:51:38 2002

Doc... you'll need an A1010 disk drive, the 8bit C64/128 disk drives (1541,
1571, 1581) will not work with the Amiga, different interfaces.



Curt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
To: "Classic Computers" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 3:10 AM
Subject: Amiga 1000


> Well, I held off for a year and a half, but when the A1000 hit $5 I
> couldn't help it. I bought it.
> Now all I need is a keyboard, joystick, and a clue, none of which
> were available at Goodwill. I do have a display, thanks to Bill
> Bradford.
> Will a 1541 or 1571 external floppy be a good addition? Which?
> ISTR that there's no reasonable hope of genning up a boot floppy on a
> PC or Mac, right? So I need to find someone to dupe disks to get
> started? Or <shudder> pay for them?
> Anybody have a pile of spare keyboards & mice?
>
> Doc
>
Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 13:51:38 BST