Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Isaac_K_Rabinovitch From: Isaac_K_Rabinovitch@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WARNING! FASTBACK may corrupt your hard disk! Message-ID: <1802@cup.portal.com> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 12:59:49 EST Article-I.D.: cup.1802 Posted: Sat Dec 5 12:59:49 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 04:45:28 EST References: <703@vaxine.UUCP> <1798@cup.portal.com> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 23 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.1472 Bob_Robert_Brody@cup.portal.com writes: ->Fact is, there are far more problems with the stupid RLL than with ->FASTBACK. You should get your assault straight. The culprit is the ->RLL, not FASTBACK. Use 'real' hardware and you'll find FASTBACK works ->just fine. That's unnecessarily intemperate. The fact is, there's little in the way of hardware standards for PCs, so given the large number of RLL drives out there, the onus is on Fastback's publishers to either make the product work safely on RLL drives or make it clear that it shouldn't be used with them. You should not make arbitrary assumptions about the intelligence of others. Not only does it lead to illogic, it makes you look immature. I myself bought Fastback after hearing it praised to the skies by nearly every user I talked to. It turns out to be incompatible with my floppy controller! If there's any blame to be laid here, it's in the fact that the PC marketplace still resemble a hobby shop. Isaac Rabinovitch Disclaimer: Just because I think you're wrong, doesn't mean I don't think you're a fun person! :-)