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#Hard errors?

    20-Feb-88 06:46:40
Sb: #109939-#Hard errors?
Fm: Doug Winger 71001,1335
To: Jim Ventola 70626,423
Jim, Failsafe? Buy a calculator. I don't trust anything that tries to make my decisions for me. The problem is not the fault of the drive, but people that don't read warnings, ignore flashing lights, and have no real idea of what is going on. Leave the user some responsibilty, or do you want the Government to assign a monitor to every user to prevent any possibility of him making a mistake? I have yet to cause a hard error on my disks by pulling it out while busy because I read the manual before using the machine. You don't start messing with something new before having some idea of how it operates. If you want an automotive metaphor, would you allow someone to drive your car without supervision or instruction if this was the first time for them? Doug