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Between 1987 and 1993, I prepared around nine master disks for two Mac apps. I always used a fresh floppy and had a long list of checks to ensure the disk was c
by coldcode 2y ago
Between 1987 and 1993, I prepared around nine master disks for two Mac apps. I always used a fresh floppy and had a long list of checks to ensure the disk was correct. Thankfully, all came out right, especially when some were used to make 100k disks. It's a good thing no one has to do this anymore!
- shagie 2y agoThey do, though its called "docker layers" I have seen layers that were: base add tools add source code compile delete source code delete extra tools (ship - why is the docker image so large? Oh well, storage is cheap...) And there are easy ways to resolve this such as multi stage builds ( https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-stage/ https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-stage/ ) - but mistakes still happen from time to time when people aren't aware that the current view of the docker image contains all of the previous layers too.
- coldcode 2y agoAt least you can replace it quickly if you find it broken. Back then, we could only afford to make an update once. When you mailed out the update disk, you had to charge for it ($10 or so, disk, mailing container, printed instructions, postage, and label); if you sent out 100k bad disks, you had to eat $1M. If it was version 1.0, it went into a box and was shipped to distributors, retailers, and mail-order, and you might never even know who the end user was.