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From: kent@sunfs3.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: finder irritations (window laye
Message-ID: <544@sunfs3.camex.uucp>
Date: 26 Oct 89 03:23:00 GMT
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In article <111900083@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> ddgg0881@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>Again the whole operation could have been done in DOS or UNIX before
>you even begin on the Mac. My purpose though is not to dump on the Mac.
>I actually need to use the Mac for some purposes and it's getting on my
>nerves. I'm hoping someone will tell me an easier way to do things.

For those who ever long for Unix-like features on the Macintosh, join
APDA and buy MPW.  It is only $100 these days.  It gives you
equivilents of most the simple Unix tools, scripting, a reasonable
editor, and a source code management system.  Just the backup tool is
worth it for me.  I use it to do hard disk-to-hard disk backups, it
seems faster than DiskFit.

Normal people should not buy MPW, but any techno-nerd with a couple
free megs of disk space who ever longs for a command line should.-- 
Kent Borg				"Wouldn't it be fun not to be famous?
kent@lloyd.uucp				 Wouldn't it be fun not to be rich?"
or					     -Cole Porter lyric (from Aladdin)
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