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Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Bernd "Bernie" Meyer
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 18:49
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beverins@aol.com (B E Verins) writes:

>>>If you're trying to compare MacOS PnP to Microsoft's, you _really_ don't
>have a clue. MacOS PnP _works_. Win3.1 doesn't even have it and Win95
>works some percentage (<< 100%) of the time.<<

>I'll agree that the Mac PnP is very functional, but... erm... why then
>does the ZIP drive require a Mac-Install Disk? For the SCSI version? The
>ZIP on my Amiga (obviously with no Amiga specific installer) plugged in
>and worked! Turn on the HD prep utility to prep the disks, and format 'em.
>That's it. 

Huh --- and how does your Amiga cope with the fact that you swapped your
harddisk? Most OSs get very very confused when the data suddenly isn't there
anymore, but instead other data is.

Bernie

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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