In a message of 09 Nov 03 Greg Goodwin wrote to me:   
      
    GG>      You've got mail!  :)   
      
   Thanks!  Responded.  =)   
      
    GG>      Aside from that, this is working out well.  Managed to figure out   
    GG> thanks to the beginning help from the local Amiga group and a manual I   
    GG> picked up the local used computer store how to backup the startup   
    GG> disks, and now things are sailing much better.  Running Term-030 and   
    GG> Workbench off two floppies and a good sized ram disk.  :)   
      
   I must say this - the Amiga 3000 was very literally designed to be used with a   
   hard disk. It's especially convenient on the SuperKickstart model to switch   
   ROMs, though floppies (as you've seen personally) do still work.  =)   
      
    GG>      Still would love it if PCMCIA cards could be used on this model,   
    GG> but that might just be a A1200 thing.   
      
   A1200 and A600, yes.   
      
    GG>      What kind of memory cards could be used on the A1200 (and other   
    GG> Amigas with the PCMCIA slot?)   
      
   Pretty much any 4MB (or smaller) PCMCIA RAM card should work, I believe.   
      
    GG>      I think the keyboard is finally getting most of the rust knocked   
    GG> off of it.  I took it apart to try to clean it... (A2000 keyboard)   
    GG> Impossible.  But it did remind me of how the Atari 800 keyboard was   
    GG> made... once again adding fuel to this feeling a lot like the Atari 800   
    GG> days... which is what I wanted in a way.  The feel and excitement of   
    GG> the Atari 800, but with a system that can do what I want now, and a   
    GG> little more modern than the 800.  Making that Jay Miner connection, it   
    GG> seems to have worked.  :)   
      
   Jay was indeed a living legend.  =)  Everything he touched seemed to be ahead   
   of its time.   
      
   Glad to hear you're enjoying the 3000!   
      
   - Rodney   
      
   ... Carved upon my stone, "Here I lie, but still I roam". - Metallica,   
   Wherever I May Roam   
   --- Spot 1.3b #340   
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