Re: suggestions for utility disk in Disk Copy image format

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <55gvcd$ik2@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

>>Since the concensus was that it would be a good idea to put together a 3.5
>>disk of II utility programs and make it a Disk Copy image file and put it
>>on one of the ftp sites, I'm looking for suggestions as to what should go on
>>it.
>
>   Given the number of people that've had their recent-model Macs ****
>up 800K disk archives, I'd recommend putting a bit in any associated
>Readme file noting that certain Macs do have that problem, and that
>short of demanding to their dealer that Apple stop using substandard
>1.44MB drives, they've been shafted by Apple. Unreliable support for
>something is far more aggravating than no support.

I've only heard of AV Macs with trouble myself. Not monkeyed with any of the
Powermacs enough to tell. I know that all mine, from Plus to Q700 to SE/30
to PB165, work happily with 800Ks. The one AV I saw had a Sony autoinject
so the type of floppy seems to be not the cause of that particular box's 
problems at least.

>   As to the actual contents of the disk, I'd recommend taking a look
>at the modem disk that Steve Cavanaugh (publisher of The Apple
>Blossom) already puts out, and building on that. Shrinkit, binscii
>decoders, free/shareware comm programs, pointers to major A2 FTP & WWW
>sites, etc would be good.

But should it be bootable?
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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