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From: rosenman@godot.radonc.unc.edu (Julian Rosenman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Problems for a new IIGS user
Message-ID: <1134@godot.radonc.unc.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 89 21:59:37 GMT
Reply-To: rosenman@godot.UUCP (Julian Rosenman)
Organization: Radiation Oncology NCMH/UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
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I am both a new IIGS owner and a new user of comp.sys.apple so I'm
probably going to ask some dumb questions, but here goes...

1) If you boot up GS/OS and click on BASIC.SYSTEM you then go into
the AppleSoft environment. How do you get back to the OS without
rebooting the system? (I've tried "brunning" all the system files with
no luck. The documentation is silent on this issue).

2) Why can't GS/OS read DOS 3.3 files and just display them like
ProDos files? Is there a utility that does this, or do I have to
convert them all to ProDos 16 to view them on the desk top?

3) What programming language is recommended for the IIGS? AppleSoft is
clearly inadequate as it does not support the sound chip, super hires
screen, tool box, extended memory etc. Do any of the commercial
BASIC's support these things? Which would you recommend?

4) Can the perimeter of the color monitor be altered (other than
background color)?