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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: System Disk 5.0 documentation
Message-ID: <33446@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 Jul 89 04:27:28 GMT
References: <8907230934.AA15695@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8907230934.AA15695@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tsouth@nosc.mil writes:
>Not to belittle the documentation staff at Apple, but are we to expect the
>same type of documentation for the release 5.0 as was published in the 4.0
>package?  It really was annoying to pay $40 something dollars for a finder
>tutorial.  I would appreciate information on the file-types and drivers,
>even if the hard technical (machine-level) specs are printed somewhere else,
>such as in a programmer's reference.
>
>Todd South

The documentation you can buy from your dealer is Finder-tutorial sort of
stuff.  If anybody told you you'd get developer-level documentation from
your dealer, they were wrong.

APDA had developer documentation for 4.0, and they will have it for 5.0.
GS/OS Reference Volumes 1 and 2 are available from APDA--this covers
drivers and OMF filetypes, among other things.  Other File Type stuff
can be found in File Type Notes, distributed along with Technical Notes.

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