iltis@ucsbcsl.UUCP ( ) (01/18/85)
With regards to my previous posting, I called up Central Point Software to order Copy II Mac. If Apple has indeed bought them out, they are at least still selling the program. I would also appreciate any information on "disk doctor" type programs that would allow me to repair trashed disks. I am also interested in hearing opinions from those better informed than myself on why the system file is so fragile. For example, I have often found that by copying a good system file to a disk that refuses to boot, I can resurrect the disk. <<<Flame on>>> I worked intensively with the IBM PC for a year and a half writing everything from assembler to c programs with prototype boards and logic analyzers stuck into the machine. I NEVER, EVER lost a file on a floppy disk. I NEVER, EVER had a disk that refused to boot. Granted, the system file and finder on the Mac is vastly more complex than DOS, but safeguards should have been built in as part of the complexity to guard against trashing files. <<< Flame off >>> -- Ronald A. Iltis UCSB Dept. ECE
jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) (01/21/85)
In article <> iltis@ucsbcsl.UUCP ( ) writes: ><<<Flame on>>> I worked intensively with the IBM PC for a year and a > half writing >everything from assembler to c programs with prototype boards and logic >analyzers stuck into the machine. I NEVER, EVER lost a file on a floppy >disk. I NEVER, EVER had a disk that refused to boot. Granted, the system >file and finder on the Mac is vastly more complex than DOS, but safeguards >should have been built in as part of the complexity to guard against trashing It must be nice. I remember a lot of problems with the DOS back with 1.0, and a few with 1.1. I haven't worked much with 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0 but a co-worker just lost a whole hard disk full. Why does everyone forget that the IBM PC is on it's FIFTH iteration of OS and the Mac is only on it's second. -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 982-6547 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!jimb Compuserve: 72415,1200 The Source: STW265