Re: Help with Zip Drive and the IIgs

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <69osai$nqp$1@opal.southwind.net>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
>:    That you've been using a Mac explains this preocupation with
>: drivers.  Just because Apple (stupidly in my opinion) required drivers
>: for every SCSI disk on a Mac doesn't mean that other computers dodn't
>: behave much saner. [Standardized things like SCSI disks should have
>: *optional* drivers if the maker wants, in my opinion]

>Well I can't imagine anyone giving much credence to your opinion on the
>subject. For your information, you don't need a driver for each device.
>The APS control panel that came with my magneto optical can mount MO disks,
>Jazzes, Syquest EZ135s, CDs, and can even support hard disks as well.

   Just because there's a third party setup that can make the system
act sane doesn't mean it's not flawed at the core. Until driver
*optionality* is included on every Macintosh out of the box, it's not
present in the system, and your lame excuses for Apple's stupid
decisions will remain idiotic attempts at trying to pin a loincloth on
the emperor without clothes.

   Stop making excuses for Macs, Randy. You're only making a fool
of yourself.

Nathan Mates
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