alan@Apple.COM (Alan Mimms) (07/18/88)
Ok. I goofed. I MEANT to post my little tirade about System 6.0 and the _Status disk driver call ONLY for Apple-local delivery. Unfortunately, due in large part to my ignorance of the usenet news stuff and due in small part to the fact that there is a problem here with the "C" (Cancel a posting) command that prevents anyone from cancelling a posting, I managed to broadcast a message to all the world that I was disagreeing with something that Apple did. Big deal. Thank you to all of the people who sent me mail telling me about the uses of usenet news. With all that tutoring, you can bet I'll do it RIGHT next time for sure. I do NOT have an official statement to make to the world at large concerning the posting I erroneously made, nor did anyone at Apple ask me to make THIS posting. I DO believe that the problems we've seen with some hard disk drivers on System 6.0, to the best of my (and several experts') knowledge do seem to be related to some incompatibility with the _Status call. I would expect that the experts on this subject within Apple will be more than happy to respond to any requests for information concerning this subject. I am NOT such an expert. I did call on one before I made my mistake, however. The gist of what HE said is contained in the previous posting. Boy, am I embarrassed. Contritely yours, alan Alan Mimms My opinions are generally Communications Products Group pretty worthless, but Apple Computer they *are* my own... ...it's so simple that only a child can do it! -- Tom Lehrer, "New Math"