Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:55:11 -0500 | From | willy@thepuffi ... | Subject | Re: Of removable devices |
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 01:39:09PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > No, this is unacceptable. If a user removes a media in the process of > > writing, then it's his fault, and his program should get thrashed to > > give him a lesson. > > Perhaps you would like to explain that to your grandmother. The Mac folks > figured this out, the PC guys never got it.
maybe they did later than 7.5, but last time i tried having two floppy discs on the go simultaneously (it _looks_ plausible from a UI PoV), the machine got into an endless loop of prompting me for each disc. stupid thing.
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