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From: jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ack! Horrible Bug in DiskFit... and guess how I found it :-(
Message-ID: <2776@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 90 22:05:23 GMT
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Reply-To: jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko)
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In article <31497@dhw68k.cts.com> bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) writes:
>Which brings me to the bug.  Partially a hardware glitch, I suppose.
>Partially an oversight on my part, if you'd prefer.  But in my own
>humble opinion, A MAJOR GLITCH IN THE USER INTERFACE IN A PROGRAM THAT
>MANY PEOPLE TRUST THEIR LIVELYHOODS TO!

It's a software option. Read on.


>six, and all of a sudden DiskFit tells me that it's initializing the
>diskette!  No, it didn't ask me, in the nice dialog sort of way that
>my Mac normally handles unreadable diskettes, whether or not I'd 
>*like* to initialize this diskette.  It just starts going click-click
>and I end up with an "Untitled" blank floppy.  Wonderful.  And I have

That's an option under the 'Options' menu. Its 'Auto Format' or
something like that. 

While it's a handy feature (so that you can backup to new disks quickly
and painlessly), I agree that it's a dangerous option. 

I'd like to see SuperMac make that option turn itself off ofter every
session. With it on, its so easy to lose part of your backup due to a
damaged directory.

My sympathies Roger.

Jeff

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