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- From: scratchy.caltech.edu!nathan (Nathan Mates)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Formatting troubles :(
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 05:38:35 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- Lines: 55
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- Message-ID: <1jvucrINNpta@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <24JAN199322202029@rosie.uh.edu>
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- Originator: nathan@kanga
-
- In article <24JAN199322202029@rosie.uh.edu> st1dr@rosie.uh.edu (Frankfort,
- David C.) writes:
- > In article <C1DD1r.71G@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
- (Plague) writes...
- > >Whenever I hit ESC while in the Finder, it locks up and I can'tI seem
- to have a
- > >problem with my Finder (and all other S16 programs). Here's the deal.
- If I
- > >try to format a disk (3.5" or 5.25") my GS yells "ALERT! ALERT!" at me,
- and
- > >then locks up - kinda.
- > >Here's my */System/System.Setup folder:
- > >/plague/system/system.setup/ 20 files
- > >
- > >name type blocks modified access
- > >---- ---- ------ -------- ------
- > >gs.spy.2 str 22 2-Apr-91 9:18 PM rwnd B
- > ^
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------
- > >A closed mouth gathers no feet. You don't need a weatherman to know
- which way
- > > the wind blows.
- > > kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
- > I used to use gs spy. It however does not want to let my format
- disks
- > either so I just inactivated. Make life easier since I have backups of
- > everything I have.
- >
-
- I had GS Spy running for a while until I found it had real problems
- with Tetrotrix and others, so I just killed it. According to v1.x's Docs,
- GS Spy's purpose is to intercept all format and erase calls, as a real
- simple virus killer. It'll yell "Alert Alert" at you to notify you, and
- if you hit return at that point, it'll allow the formatting. This was
- over a year ago, and I have version 1 only, so I can't really vouch for
- the accuracy of this information.
-
- **************************************************************************
- ******
- > *David F. This could be apart of your source code. Apple II GS
- *
- >
- **************************************************************************
- ******
-
- * Nathan Mates nathan@cco.caltech.edu * MSC #850, Pasadena CA 91126
- * No fancy quote, no disclaimers for irate employers, no .sig-- oops,
- * Too late for that! Several Megabyte joke collector and IIGS hacker
- * operating out of Caltech, the world's best University!
- --
- * Nathan Mates nathan@cco.caltech.edu * MSC #850, Pasadena CA 91126
- * No fancy quote, no disclaimers for irate employers, no .sig-- oops,
- * Too late for that! Several Megabyte joke collector and IIGS hacker
- * operating out of Caltech, the world's best University!
-