Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!joseph From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple IIgs capability Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 89 22:16:24 GMT References: <474@ncelvax.UUCP> <10917@smoke.BRL.MIL> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 There is a great deal of software that, either doesn't have a normal directory (copy protected) to show in the finder, or runs from hacked or old systems with special tools that won't run right from the standard Finder. So it is not true that everything simply launches from the Finder. It is not true on the Mac either. There are older, and copy protected programs there too that have to be booted from their own disks and that use their own launcher/interface. It is closer to true for the Mac, as copy protection there is less accepted as a norm than on the Apple II. Also on the Apple II there is that great bunch of older software that predates the IIGS that may not even be in ProDOS format. I think all the availalbe older software for the Apple II actually presents more options for the purchaser and shouldn't be counted against it. If you want software that launches from the finder you can definitely find it. Seymour