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Re: Miscellaneous Questions

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From: Alan Guest
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:00
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Steve Rogers <listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 1) Why does my Mac often take a look at whatever floppy disk is in the
> drive when I do something which has nothing to do with the floppy?  Is
> it something to do with Desktop files?

It always checks the drives when you go to the desktop. I work in a
repro house and you want to see it when you've got a Zip, CD, Jaz and
floppy in all at the same time! CDs are the worst, they seem to take
longest to spin up.

> 3) (Not a question) I've found a bug in ClarisWorks 5.0!  Copy text in
> the default font.  It always pastes in Helvetica even though it shows as
> the default font on the Clipboard.
>
You've too much spare time on your hands Steve :)
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From: alan@macropolis.demon.co.uk (Alan Guest)
Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Questions
Date: 1998/03/21
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