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From: delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CDN ("H. Grant Delaney")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Problems for a new IIGS user
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Date: 10 Nov 89 03:54:00 GMT
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>Organization: Radiation Oncology NCMH/UNC, Chapel Hill, NC

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).

Easier yet type BYE at the ]

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?

It can but you have to boot DOS 3.3 or convert them to ProDOS the disk 
format is quite different.

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?

There are 3 GS Basics TML Basic (somewhat outdated update due in next year)
  MICOL ADVANCED BASIC Very good
  AC BASIC like Microsoft Basic good as well but not as popular 

 TML PASCAL II Just released supports all the new things
 APW BASIC Apples owm
 ORCA PASCAL Nice environment My Favorite Pascal though TML close second

ORCA C New Release due next month several serious bugs in first release
APW C Apples C

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

With the right Public domain Utilities Virtully anything  I have a picture
for a background and clock in the menus bar etc etc etc.

grant
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