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Re: Copy2plus woes
- Subject: Re: Copy2plus woes
- From: Christopher <cmiller@parsippany.sgi.com>
- Date: 1997/05/29
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc.
- References: <5mipdc$2fs@news.ysu.edu> <5miua6$1sn$1@darla.visi.com>
Copy ][+ KICKED ASS in the pre-IIGS days... Also Locksmith 7; that
program could copy a floppy (read AND write) in UNDER 10 seconds! God I
miss the days when the Apple II ruled and PCs were total crap...
-The Trader- (was my Apple II "alias" in the 1980's)
Nathan Mates wrote:
>
> In article <5mipdc$2fs@news.ysu.edu>,
> Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
> >Does anybody know why
> >copy2plus version 9 has such a user-unfriendly exit?
>
> If it's anything ilke its HD-destroying capabilities, I'd say it's
> blatant disregard for Apple's rules, and yet another reason NOT to use
> it.
>
> Copy ][+ was neat in its day. That day has passed. DON'T USE IT
> ON ANY HD OR DISK WITH EXTENDED FILES ON IT.
>
> Nathan Mates
> --
> <*> Nathan Mates http://www.visi.com/~nathan/ <*>
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Christopher Miller cmiller@parsippany.sgi.com
Silicon Graphics Inc.
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