🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Dec13.223121.9053@mercury.unt.edu>
Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu> writes:

> Also, for what it's worth, the invisible "key" files also reference their
> physical location on the drive, so simply copying them won't work. At
> least, this is my theory from OpCode's warnings to be sure to de-install
> their programs before performing a defragmentation on a drive.

Yeah, this also means that when your drive goes south with their
software installed on it, you're hosed, as just happened to us. You
have to contact Opcode to get another floppy to reinstall on another
drive. I understand Opcode's concern about starving musicians, but from
my lab's point of view, it's just a waste of time.

In terms of copying the floppy in order to have a backup disk, I
believe Opcode ships two floppies; the second is your backup disk. At
least, that was the case last I checked, which was prior to Vision 1.4.

Eric Baumgartner                   *  ebaum@dartmouth.edu
Interactive Media Lab              *  - When in danger or in doubt,
Dartmouth Medical School           *      run in circles, scream and
shout.