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Re: Wanted: ADF Download sites/CD for Amiga??

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From: Joona I Palaste
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:56
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Angelo <jamesvigATT@cox.net> scribbled the following
on comp.sys.amiga.hardware:
> "Joona I Palaste" <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote in message
> news:ati65b$bca$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi...
>> Peter Corlett <abuse@mooli.org.uk> scribbled the following
>> on comp.sys.amiga.marketplace:
>> > I-Hate-Spam <Ihatespam@aol.com> wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> I'm looking to compile ALL of the software for the Amiga computer onto
> CD
>> >> and play/use them on my PC via an emulator.
>>
>> > The Amiga isn't an 8 bit box - there's more than 650MB of software for
> it ;p
>>
>> I would believe there's more than that amount of software for some
>> 8 bit boxes too, most probably at least the Commodore 64.
>> I-Hate-Spam, did it ever cross your mind that some Amiga games have
>> actually *come on CD-ROMs when released*? Try fitting two or three of
>> those onto your single "Every Amiga Game Ever" CD-R...

> Funny reading the thread....
> Did it ever occur to anyone that the original poster never said just ONE CD?
> He only said he would like to compile it all onto CD.  Not "a" CD. ;-)

Um, yes he did specify just one CD. Look at the bit I snipped and you
did not bother to re-insert:

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From: Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi>
Newsgroups: amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Wanted: ADF Download sites/CD for Amiga??
Date: 15 Dec 2002 18:56:59 GMT
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