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From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Have you checked your floppies lately?
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Date: 23 Apr 89 17:49:13 GMT
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In article <524@sys.uea.ac.uk> jrk@uea-sys.UUCP (Richard Kennaway) writes:
>In article <39434@think.UUCP> ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) writes:
>>Harry Starr
>>wrote a little utility for verifying the format of floppies.
>>Harry's utility, Disk Verify 1.1, is available from sumex as

>I can recommend it.  I've had it a while, and found it useful and
>reliable.  When it says a disc is good or bad, you can believe it.

>Confession: I never paid the shareware fee ($5).  My copy is dated 1986.
>I dont know if the address on it is still valid.  Can anyone tell me if
>Harry Starr is still reachable at 90 Haverhill St., Methuen, MA 01844?

I'm pretty sure he's not.  When I last spoke to Harry, a few weeks
after DiskVerify came out, he was soon to return to his permanent home
in Australia.  (Sorry, I don't know the address.)  My understanding
was that he's back in the U.S. intermittently, as required by his
consulting, but not always in the same area.

About international shareware payments.  I've gotten them in various
forms: US cash, postal money orders, bank drafts, and personal
cheques.  Certainly the cheapest (and riskiest) method for overseas
users is to buy US $ at the bank.  I suspect that many shareware
authors would be happy with a diskette of local shareware or PD
software from overseas.  Sure beats the hassle of trying to negotiate
foreign money orders!  Just keep the idea of shareware in mind.

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