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From: fred@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Fred Bowen)
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Subject: Re: re: C1571.COM
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Date: Thu, 17-Jul-86 14:07:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 17 14:07:34 1986
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> From: prindle@NADC
> As I understand it, this new copy
> I got from Compuserve is copyrighted by Compuserve, and is not public domain.
> Is this true, or is permission from Commodore sufficient to distribute it...

Ugh. This has been thrown around on the net from time to time. I can only
speak for myself...  C1571 was written for Commodore and posted seeking
unrestrained distribution, and Compuserve gets paid for the upload as well as
the downloads. We have not given away the rights to our program- we simply
wish to use their services to distribute it as widely as possible.  I
look upon it as a symbiotic relationship, but they apparently want the upper
hand.  I hope someone can burst this bubble.  In the meantime,  *I*  would
appreciate your help in distributing *our* nifty little program far and wide!

> which specifically state that a verification after write is disabled, but
> it has been stated in this forum that the speedup is attained by *eliminating
> retry after error* processing.  These are quite different things.

Indeed they are.  In the case of GCR formatted disks, both are true- the
retrys are nil and there is no verification after write.  Obviously this
is not very safe.  In the case of MFM formatted disks, retrys are also nil,
but verification after write is still performed.  A much better scenario.
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