Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!metaphor!djh
From: djh@metaphor.metaphor.com (Dallas Hodgson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: BAD and A3000
Message-ID: <1303@metaphor.Metaphor.COM>
Date: 9 Jul 90 20:18:03 GMT
References: <3420@crash.cts.com>
Sender: news@metaphor.Metaphor.COM
Reply-To: djh@metaphor.metaphor.com (Dallas Hodgson)
Organization: Metaphor Computer Systems, Mountain View, CA
Lines: 13

In article <3420@crash.cts.com> uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes:
>Does the disk optimizing program BAD work on the A3000 when running in
>1.3 mode? (I know it does not like 2.0)
>-Roger
>(Any real bad problems with BAD and C= equipment, it has always worked
>fine for me using my Hardframe and a Quantum Q80s on a 2500/30)
>

No it does not - it requires the "A2091" fix, which is smart enough to handle
odd-length partitions. I sent in my BAD disk for replacement 2 months ago
and STILL have not received a new version - despite may long-distance
calls to one of the authors. They DO have a fix, they're just lazy about
sending it out.