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From: pegram@uvm-gen.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Defragmenter for ST harddisks & More
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Date: 2 Oct 90 16:39:39 GMT
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> In article <RIPLEY.90Sep27182250@troll.cs.tu-berlin.de> ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) writes:

>>Does TuneUp! work with 32MB partitions?

>>Greetings,
>>				RIPLEY

From article <5430@bdt.UUCP>, by david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) writes:

> I don't know for sure, but I do know that our program HARD DISK SENTRY
> does work with 32MB HDX 3.x partitions.

> David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.uucp)	| "Don't call me Stupid!"
> Beckemeyer Development Tools		| "No.  That would be an insult
> P.O. Box 21575, Oakland, CA 94620	|  to all the stupid people!"
> UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax}!unisoft!bdt!david 	|         - A fish called Wanda

Since I have seen no other public answers and lost my posting on this 
yesterday, the answer is: NO.  My copy of TuneUp! from Michtron does *NOT*
work with 32 Meg partitions.  It dates from summer '89, and I have not
received any upgrade notices.  I called and complained about this and
other nasty but easily fixed bugs, and was told that an update was due
in summer '90.  I've heard nothing about it, has anyone else?

Bob Pegram

Internet domain: pegram@griffin.uvm.edu
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P.S.  Guess I'll be getting Dave's program fairly soon.  
      Are ICD 4.XX 32 Meg partions fully compatible with
      HDX 3.x partitions?  I assume so....   RBPIII

P.P.S. Dave B, Darek M, and other Atari S/W vendors, just because I
       may prefer to talk about free or share ware on the net doesn't 
       mean that I don't *buy* software, quite the contrary.  I think that 
       superior commercial software should be recommened on the net,
       and I do so, I have even recommended TuneUp for those ST
       owners who keep only 16 Meg or smaller partitions and are careful
       when using it.  Inferior or buggy software I try not to
       recommend, if I know about better competitors (I didn't know
       about Hard disk Sentry when I recommended TuneUp).  For example,
       a PD (or is it Shareware?) disk erasing program that I have 
       (only the FATs are cleared, bad sector marks are preserved) has 
       a superior interface to the one in the Codehead Utilities and seems 
       to work just as well.  If you want to see really buggy commercial
       software, try "Mavis Beacon..."(typing tutor) on the ST.  It bombs 
       (a lot!, in *my* experience) with Tos 1.0 and doesn't work at all 
       with Tos 1.4.  
   	  Speaking of commercial software, my copy of Diamond Back II
       doesn't handle my 32 Meg partition quite properly, it thinks I 
       have a negative amount of disk space 8-); at least it should still
       back up the partition, I will find out this week.  This is 
       especially odd since my *17* Meg partition's space is reported 
       correctly.  Are you reading this Bob Luneski ??  RBPIII