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Subject: Re: re reading random disks
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 06:55:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 06:55:23 1984
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From: Gustavo Fernandez <FERNANDEZ@SU-SCORE.ARPA>
What other disk formats would you like to read? HP? Why bother? What
would you have to gain? Mac software isn't portable anyway, and don't
tell me that you want to write an HP emulator! On an Apple II, this makes
morse sense as there are programs that can be readily ported to the
older machine from other computers. People should spend more time
trying to improve the mac by writing original software rather than trying
to bring in foreign software which does not adhere to the Mac user interface.
If it's algorithms in source code that you want to port, RS232 is probably
much more efficient (and general)
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