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From: lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com (Lawrence Haider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Problems for a new IIGS user
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Date: 11 Nov 89 21:50:02 GMT
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>Better yet, does anyone know where to get information on _HOW_ to write
>an FST?  Or printer driver for that matter?  Or is this just stuff Apple
>likes to keep to itself?  It seems rather anti-productive to me.  Or
>a CDEV?

>Joe

This was hashed out a few weeks ago.  The response from Apple was basically
"NO!".  It has to do with making changes to GS/OS to implement changes with
FSTs.  A lot of very experienced Apple developers seem to be irked by the
situation, but that's the way it is.  : (

                                        Laer
lhaider@pro-sol.cts.com