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From: hammen@puff.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Trashed hard disks
Message-ID: <645@puff.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 17:39:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 17:39:31 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 08:22:57 EST
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Keywords: MacWorks XL 3.0 bug?


	Since my earlier posting regarding HFS & MacWorks XL, I received a
letter from Larry Rosenstein at Apple (thanks Larry!) regarding some questions
I had mailed him earlier about a possible new MacWorks.  Here is part of his 
message (I hope you don't mind, Larry):

>As for MacWorks, I know that someone here is looking at a serious problem
>involving trashed hard disks, to try to see if the bug can be fixed or if
>we can find a way to recover the disks.  I don't know if there are plans
>for HFS or 128K ROM support.

>I hope this helps.

>Larry Rosenstein

	While this still doesn't answer the question of a new HFS-compatible
MacWorks, it gives me good reason to hope that there will be one.  I don't know
if the hard disk problem that Larry refers to involves the current MacWorks 
(3.0)--earlier versions had a similar bug.  Anyway, not two days after
receiving the letter, my hard disk went bye-bye. (I couldn't even find a
directory anywhere). So, time to reformat.... (thank goodness I had *just*
finished backing it up an hour before this happened. Whew!).  I  don't know if
the problem I experienced is related to MacWorks, but let this be a warning to
X/Lisa owners out there.  And, to Apple, if this is in fact a bug, PLEASE FIX
IT SOON! (And while you're at it, why not give us 128K ROM/HFS support...?)

	Robert J. Hammen
	U. of Wisc. CS Dept.
	U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept.
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