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From: awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis)
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Subject: Re: Apple ][GS System Disk!!
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Date: 8 Apr 90 06:24:24 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from alphalpha!psuvm!sab121@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu

Actually, the current version of ShrinkIt can be used to pack the 5.0.2 disks.
That is how they are made downloadable on America Online and GEnie.

They can be distributed electronically, but the services needs a license from
Apple in order to do it.

User groups (such as The Boston Computer Society) are licensed to distribute
the system disks to their members.

Dealers are supposed to copy the disks for free, but a lot of them don't. I
would suggest buying the package from a dealer (or mail order), since a lot of
things have happened with the system software; manuals might help quite a bit.

Albert Willis
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