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From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: DiskCopy (was Re: System 6.0.5 available via anonymous FTP?)
Keywords: developer, duplication
Message-ID: <10516@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 90 16:39:50 GMT
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tempest@walleye.UUCP (Kenneth K.F. Lui) writes:
>[...]
>While this is a great idea, I had problems after using DiskCopy.
>The .sony drivers get mucked up and I have to do a reboot.
>Steve, what's so important that the floppy drivers have to be
>modified so that DiskCopy will function?

Hmmm...that's interesting.  I've run DiskCopy on everything from a Mac Plus
on up thru a IIfx with none of the problems you've mentioned.  As for why I
need to muck with the floppy driver, the main reason is to make it possible
to do a one-pass format and write.  DiskCopy was originally written to be
used at the Mac factory to mass duplicate disks for production, so speed is
an issue.  Tucking all that into the driver is the cleanest approach.

Now you can say, "I duplicate my disks the same way they do at the Mac
factory."  Just think how impressed your friends will be...  :-)

steve

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