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From: JerryK@cup.portal.com (Jerry E Kindall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Copy ][+ upgrade
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Date: 31 Aug 89 23:10:22 GMT
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Remember, Copy II+ is a ProDOS 8 program.  Thus, it would be a LOT of
work to support extended files with resource forks!  Rather than asking
for an upgrade to work with extended files under ProDOS 8, ask for a
Copy II GS!  (While you're at it, ask them to do a nicer ProDOS 8 version
as well.  Copy II+ is very usable as it is but it would look much nicer
if it used 80 columns and lower case.)

Folks from Central Point were at an RTC on GEnie last Tuesday.  They say
that a Copy II GS is definitely a possibility, but (get this) Central Point
only has one person working on the Apple programs (and he shares time with
Laser Computer!).

One of the people in the audience at the conference said that GS/OS would
make writing Copy II GS "a snap", and that there were people at that very
conference who could probably do it in a week.

So, hackers, what's keeping you?  (Grin)

/\    Jerry Kindall    | JerryK@cup.portal.com
  \/  Death to COBOL   | GEnie: A2.JERRY   ALink: A2 Jerry

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