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Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters

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From: hacker
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:06
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In <41ee9p$leb@panix.com>, bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) writes:
>In <kevinbDDpIyv.8ys@netcom.com> kevin@frobozz.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
>>>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.
>>
>>Hmm...that works even better, at least in some respects.  It's
>>definitely more general and more elegant.  Thanks for the reminder!
>
>Huh?  That's how the mac does it.

heck....using PC-TOOLS as a shell, I can even do that on Windoz
whats the big deal.....when I start worring about 'how to copy a disk'
then it's time to quite and take that job at Micky D's
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Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:06:02 GMT
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