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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: DiskCopy (was Re: System 6.0.5 available via anonymous FTP?)
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Date: 27 Sep 90 17:28:52 GMT
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In article <1990Sep26.202938.5419@news.iastate.edu> niko@iastate.edu (Schuessler Nikolaus E) writes:
[about DiskCopy]
>
>I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't good, I was just wondering why it was
>necessary to preserve the entire disk structure as opposed to archiving
>the individual files...

The disk may not even have a standard mac format-- it may be Prodos or
MS-Dos or Yuckydos or someotherdos.  

Too bad there is no external file system that will allow you to treat
images as real disks...
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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