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From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
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Subject: Re: DiskCopy (was Re: System 6.0.5 available via anonymous FTP?)
Keywords: developer, duplication
Message-ID: <10466@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Sep 90 18:01:02 GMT
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dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
>niko@iastate.edu (Schuessler Nikolaus E) writes:
>>  It's in pub/dts/sw.license.  you need the file 'disk copy' or whatever
>>to undo the archives.... pretty strange format....
>
>I think DiskCopy is wonderful for software distribution.  It reads a floppy
>into memory.  Once the floppy is in memory, you can save its image to disk
>(that's what the 6.0.5 image files are), or make multiple copies of the
>floppy.  What's more, you can load a saved image, and make copies from that.
>
>It's a convenient way for those of us who don't have disk duplicators to
>make copies of our software to distribute.  Since the image files can be
>saved on a hard drive, you don't have to worry about the "master" floppy
>going bad (I know I'm not the only one with piles of bad disks...).  Not
>only that, but you have a convenient one-file package to put out for FTP,
>should you choose to do so.  I'm sure that there are other products that
>do the same thing, but DiskCopy's free (a big advantage, if you ask me).
>
>I'm grateful to Steve Christensen and Apple for DiskCopy.

Well, gee, thanks!  Did you know you can use DiskCopy to initialize a disk in
about a minute (instead of the 2-3 minutes in the Finder)?  Initialize a disk
the usual way, then pop it into DiskCopy and read it in as a master, then save
it in an image file.  From then on, just open the "Untitled" image and stuff
in blank disks or disks you want to recycle.  FYI...

steve

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