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Article #6114

Re: Free Software!

#6114
From: Mike Steiner
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:35
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In article <mwojcik-111192152121@college23.sas.upenn.edu>,
mwojcik@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Michael Wojcik) wrote:
> 
> I just got a call from a friend of mine who bought a new Performa. As many
> mac users already know, Apple has decided not to provide free System
> Software anymore. Even more stupid, Apple ships machines to end users WITH
> NO SYSTEM DISKS!
> 
> Anyway, the General Control Panel of my friends System 7.1 just died. With
> no system disks to work from, he's in trouble. What I need is some kind
> soul who recently bought a Mac with system 7.1 to E Mail me a copy of the
> Sys 7.1 General Control Panel.

A note for anyone who owns a Performa or who has a friend who ows one. 
Apple provides a backup application with the Performa, and the
documentation with the machines say to backup the hard disk first thing,
and to make regular backups.

If Michael's friend had backed up the hard disk, he would have been able to
recover the control panel from the backup set.

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