Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!milo.mcs.anl.gov!achilles.ctd.anl.gov!curtis From: curtis@achilles.ctd.anl.gov (Jeffrey Curtis ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Heatseeker Message-ID: <1991Jun24.154447.29866@mcs.anl.gov> Date: 24 Jun 91 15:44:47 GMT References: <910621184230.584787@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL> <1991Jun22.023810.26366@mcs.anl.gov> <16484@smoke.brl.mil> Sender: news@mcs.anl.gov Organization: Computing and Telecommunications, Argonne National Laboratory Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: achilles.ctd.anl.gov In article taob@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Brian Tao) writes: > If you're talking about the Apple conference on Fidonet, maybe you >should try again. I would tone down your "used car salesman" approach a bit >though... the moderator (Dennis) is really jumpy these days because of some >illegal activity on the net. Don't think he'd appreciate anything that even >hints of "virus". :-/ That's the one. Maybe I will repost it.. I'll consider it. > If you are doing low-level block read/writes (Copy II Plus does that >when locking and unlocking large batches of files), I hope you will be >around when/if the directory structure of ProDOS changes. Wouldn't be very >nice if Heatseeker accidentally trashed my ProDOS 8 v3.0 disks a couple >years down the road... Well, I don't think Apple is that stupid. If they changed the directory structure, there would be mass chaos with people crashing disks, erasing data, trying to convert old files, etc. etc. However, they're at least smart enough to provide version information in the global pages, so programmers can check the operating system and refuse access to the program if the version is too new... *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* + Jeffrey S. Curtis (708)972-8585 B41801 AT ANLVM curtis@achilles.ctd.anl.gov + * Computing and Telecommunications, Argonne National Laboratory * + "The opinions expressed above are mine only. Who else would want them?!" + *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*