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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: NULLFILL
Message-ID: <1262@atari.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 21:43:48 GMT
References: <8812150429.AA21699@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
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In article <8812150429.AA21699@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> U46050@UICVM.BITNET 
(JOHN ZAFIRIS) writes:
> For those of you following the NULLFILL vs. FATSPEED saga:  The
> incompatibility can be avoided by using DISKFREE (by Tim Purves of
> Michtron) instead of FATSPEED.  DISKFREE seems to do things more
> 'legally'...   whatever that means.
>                                                   ...John

In the first place, NULLFILL and (FATSPEED & DISKFREE) do different
things.  In the second place, there is no "legal" way to do what
DISKFREE does.  (Note that Zoomracks, at least, doesn't work with it.)

I don't know if FATSPEED and DISKFREE do the same thing or not.

In any case, none of this is necessary with TOS 1.4.  I can't recommend
them even as stopgap measures, but if you want to take risks with your
data, that's your lookout.

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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt