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From: samt@pro-europa.cts.com (Sam Theis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple ][GS System Disk!!
Message-ID: <2133@crash.cts.com>
Date: 7 Apr 90 19:16:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu

>Well, first of all, that is a gray area in the law. Only authorized Apple
>dealers are allowed to give out system 5.0.2, and it is not allowed to upload
>them to an informaqtion service (Note to Apple: Would this break the rules?).
>Also, there is no way to Shrink them until Andy gets GS/ShrinkIt (how long,
>out of curiosity?) because they use the new resource forks.
 
While several files on the GSOS System Disk do contain "forked files" with
resources that cannot be packed until ShrinkIt! GS, there is not any problem
when the whole disk is packed.  The current System Disk is being distributed
on the major online services using files created by ShrinkIt 2.1 using the
whole disk packing option.

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