Re: Who is the author of Locksmith?

[CC Rider <alaskacc@yahoo.com>]

On Mar 9, 12:05 pm, CC Rider <alask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 8, 1:38 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > Just wondering whether the author's name was known or not. I have
> > always heard that nobody knows who the author of the program is. As
> > far as I am concerned, I do not know who he is and I would like to
> > know.
>
> > Regards,
> > antoine
>
> From Hardcore Computing Issue 1, page 10:
> Dave Alpert is the head of Omega Software, Inc. as well as the
> president of the Northern Illinois Apple users Group.
> HARDCORE: Did you write Locksmith?
> DAVE: No.
> HARDCORE: Then who wrote Locksmith?
> DAVE: I am not allowed to talk about the author.

Omega Microware names that I have seen include:
Donald W. Larson
Dave Alpert
Ron Metzker
Bob Noll

The question I would like to ask the author, unless someone else
knows, is about the 5-6 minutes it normally took to copy a single
disk.  Was there a delay loop built in?  I recall hearing about this
but was never able to substantiate it.

Clay