Re: suggestions for utility disk in Disk Copy image format

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <55e4ur$nj9@europa.frii.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@deimos.frii.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.

   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.

Nathan Mates
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