Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Rev. Nigel Coke-Woods
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 00:00

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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> gordon@glaurie.demon.co.uk (Gordon Laurie) wrote:
> 
> >Get 8! You should get a hefty discount on it since you've got a newish
> >machine in any case (in fact, I'd have thought that it would come as
> >standard with it?) not only is it the best OS since 7.1 but it's also about
> >to be upgraded to HFS Plus in early january, so your need to partition
> >should be killed off stone dead!
> 
> Apple sent me a mag which said I could get it free, but everyone else at
> Apple is denying all knowledge. But I'll await HFS Plus anyway.
> 
> Ben

I got system 8 free. It involved getting an order form from the Apple
Web site (can't remeber URL) which is in PDF format and includes who can
update for free. Basically it is everyone who bought a new Mac in the
last six months of last year. The order form then had to be sent to
Claris (in Dublin for the UK) together with proof of purchase for the
Mac.

Nigel
-- 
Nigel Coke-Woods
Methodist Minister
S.W. Cumbria Methodist Circuit, Millom, Cumbria UK.
Nigel@cokery.demon.co.uk   http://www.Cokery.demon.co.uk

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From: Nigel@cokery.demon.co.uk (Rev. Nigel Coke-Woods)
Subject: Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it
Date: 1997/12/29
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