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Article #1489Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
From: Mark Eaton
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 21:20
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 21:20
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In article <41c5ql$n8c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, dpg1001@cam.ac.uk (Duncan Grisby) wrote: > > How about the Amiga's method -- a disk icon stays on the > desktop for as long as something is using it. This includes > having a window of one of its directories open in Workbench. > To copy a file from one disk to another, you simply put the > source disk in, and locate the directory window(s) you > require. You then eject the disk and put the destination > one in. Now, when you drag the files from one window to the > other, the system prompts for the necessary disks to > perform the copy. > What do you do if you want to copy disk 1 to disk 2 (i.e. make a disk dupe)? Do you have to insert disk 1 and open a window just to keep the disk active?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!port47.annex2.nwlink.com!user From: marke@nwlink.com (Mark Eaton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 13:20:02 -0800 Organization: Myself Distribution: world Message-ID: <marke-2208951320020001@port47.annex2.nwlink.com> References: <DDH2nv.2y3@news.cis.umn.edu> <411vnn$4nj@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <hotelca-2008950243090001@192.0.2.1> <kevinbDDp6vK.I1K@netcom.com> <41c5ql$n8c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: port47.annex2.nwlink.com