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From: carter@cat34.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: case insensitivity in TOS
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.232200.5156@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 23:22:00 GMT
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rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) excerpt:

>No. A well written application will test the tos version and bypass this.
>a poorly written application will not, but then these are not even guaranteed
>to run on any os other than what it was developed on (i.e. "undocumented"
>variables, locations, etc which apratt wisely warns us about). so why
>even bother keeping the guys who write lousy code in business by buying
>their products? i am sure DC/Beckmeyer/et al would not be around if they
                              ^^^^^^^^^
>were not careful, and did not write good code. let the market decide.

I tend to disagree, I have beckmeyer hard disk accelerator and it NOW
doesn't work with my brand new Mega STe. 

I don't even know of one that does, except Atari's really absurd
cache program, which doesn't work worth a dam.

--Gregory