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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIGS in Sweden.
Message-ID: <35327@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 6 Oct 89 07:45:16 GMT
References: <1195@kuling.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1195@kuling.UUCP> hb@kuling.UUCP (Erland Lewin) writes:
>[...]
>Can I use FTP to request GS programs through internet? Are Apple documents
>such as tech-notes and file type information available in this way? Which
>sites carry this information?

Yes--you can get technical notes, file type notes, and sample code by
FTP from the same machine I'm on now (apple.com).  I don't remember the
FTP numbers, but yell again if Mark Johnson or someone doesn't post them
shortly.

>I like GSOS, but what really bugs me is that reset reboots the entire
>computer when using ORCA, as opposed to in Prodos 16 where it only did a
>'normal' reset.

This has been discussed a lot in the past.  RESET has never been completely
reliable.  There's no way to insure that some important operation was not
half-way done when you hit RESET.  As the system software becomes more
complex, attempts to recover from a RESET become more and more risky; it
is not supported under GS/OS.

Some people have devised ways around having RESET reboot; I recommend
against them.
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