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From: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Another visit to the guru...
Message-ID: <5937@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 89 16:07:01 GMT
References: <8902040631.AA03787@jade.berkeley.edu> <5905@cbmvax.UUCP> <307@corpane.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
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In article <307@corpane.UUCP> version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site cbmvax.UUCP cbmvax!bpa!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!noao!asuvax!mcdphx!mcdchg!ddsw1!corpane!sparks sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>In article <5905@cbmvax.UUCP>, bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS) writes:
>> WARNING CAUTION DANGER!!! I have had reports that FASTDISK is a trojan horse
>> Proceed with extreme caution.
>
>Hmm. I have used Fastdisk with workbench 1.2 for almost a year and have not
>had any problems. What have you heard about Fastdisk that makes you think
>it's a trojan horse? how can I find out?

	It was just something I heard. I don't have a copy to verify.
>
>I do know that it does not work under WB1.3, but it worked fine under 1.2
>it seems to reorder the data on the disk to make accesses faster.

It may be that it is not compatible with 1.3 and someone reported it as
corrupting their hard disk. Just relaying what I heard.

					BK

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