@Flashlab: the cd is not usefull only to install the os, for example i have an LG CDR-RW 52x32x52 in my 1200 that cost me 25 euro and i use it to load stuff from the amiga magazine's cd's from time to time and to make backup of the sys: and other partitions when there is this kind of need. one of the first things that i made after i fix my recently bought 3000 was to connect an external scsi cdrw for the same reasons.