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Article #434Re: Copy II Mac Rumors? Disk Doctor Programs?
From: Jim Budler
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 1985 17:51
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 1985 17:51
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In article <> iltis@ucsbcsl.UUCP ( ) writes:
><<<Flame on>>> I worked intensively with the IBM PC for a year and a
> half writing
>everything from assembler to c programs with prototype boards and logic
>analyzers stuck into the machine. I NEVER, EVER lost a file on a floppy
>disk. I NEVER, EVER had a disk that refused to boot. Granted, the system
>file and finder on the Mac is vastly more complex than DOS, but safeguards
>should have been built in as part of the complexity to guard against trashing
It must be nice. I remember a lot of problems with the DOS back with 1.0,
and a few with 1.1. I haven't worked much with 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0 but a co-worker
just lost a whole hard disk full.
Why does everyone forget that the IBM PC is on it's FIFTH iteration of OS and
the Mac is only on it's second.
--
Jim Budler
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
(408) 982-6547
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amd.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!amd!jimb From: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Copy II Mac Rumors? Disk Doctor Programs? Message-ID: <877@amd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 12:51:41 EST Article-I.D.: amd.877 Posted: Mon Jan 21 12:51:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 05:15:49 EST References: <> Reply-To: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) Organization: AMD Applications, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 23