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From: blochowi@rt9.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Copy II+ V9.0
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Date: 28 Nov 89 17:22:52 GMT
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In article <1152@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes:
>In article <1101@mountn.dec.com> shatara@memit.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes:
>> [Ponders whether C][+ 9.0 will handle forked files, and if not, is v9.0
>>  the $18 Central Point is asking for the upgrade]
> As beta testers for the soon to be released Copy II+ 9.0, I can tell you
> that it is still an 8 bit program, and there is NO 8 bit program that is
> going to be able to handle resource files.. If that is the only thing you
> are looking for, then the upgrade is not for you..

	It would seem that that statement is just a wee bit strong... Although
ProDOS 8 will probably never support forked files, it's entirely possible
for an 8 bit program to do so. As an example, C][+ itself (last time I checked)
could deal with DOS 3.3 disks, and ProDOS 8 certainly doesn't include support
for that file system... It's not as if 1) Forked files are really weird or
2) The ProDOS filesystem is really weird or 3) There haven't been any
programs that muck about with the filesystem directly.

> There are several new features in the upgrade however, which I would think
> they have announced in whatever mailing you got from them.

	Well then, how about, for the benifit of those that don't own the
program but are thinking about buying it (or those that bought it, but
somehow managed to never hear from Central Point), you mention a few of
those features? It would seem that they're "announced" and that mentioning
them here wouldn't be a problem...

>    bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu | bsherman@pro-exchange | MCI MAIL: BSHERMAN 


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