#New Product Name Contest
We have a small new product that needs a name. It is a very tiny circuit
board that fits under the even CIA (U6N in a 1000) and is intended for use
in the 500 and 1000. It has two jumpers, one of which disables all floppy
drives except DF0:. You can add a switch to this one and use it to disable
extra drives for those games that want all your chip ram. The second jumper
is the important one for our applications. It disables your internal
floppy drive and makes your first external one DF0: (and the next DF1:,
etc.). This drive shifting allows you to replace your internal drive with
a hard drive (preferably hooked to our AdIDE interface). This makes it
just about the cheapest way possible to get a hard drive. Yes, you lose a
floppy, but you probably already have an external one, and you won't use
two very often after you get a hard drive.
Anyway, this board doesn't have a name. It is finished, ready to assemble.
All the parts are in inventory. The manual is even finished, ready for a
search-and-replace of the name. But we can't do the packaging and
marketing without a name. This is where you come in. Reply here with a
name. If we use it, and if you were the first one to suggest it, then
we'll give you one of the boards. This info will also be posted on GEnie,
and I will be giving people who call the office an opportunity to guess.
Have at it.
Craig