Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: GS/OS & FSTs & Finder Message-ID: <13261@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 10 Mar 91 10:55:18 GMT References: <7916@crash.cts.com> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 47 In article <7916@crash.cts.com> aford@pro-mansion.cts.com (Adam Ford) writes: >I would wish that the Apple IIgs System Disk 6.0 would have a Multi-Finder, >and a Control-Panel like the Macintosh. (ie. changeing sounds, pattern of >the desktop,etc.) I think Apple should make a MACintosh FST, DOS 3.3 FST, I'm probably being too picky, but the "changeing [sic] sounds" has nothig to do with the Finder itself! I am presuming you are referring to the SoundMaster CDEV. (I hope I have that name right) This also is just guessing on my part, but I believe that most, if not all, of the same types of things SoundMaster plays sounds for could be duplicated on the GS. One I really want is a "GSPuke" similar to "MacPuke" (another CDEV or DA.. not sure which). It seems the GS does the background pattern in some lame way (from the few discussions of it I remember reading), and a desktop-pattern changer would be tough.. It's either a solid color or a picture.. and I think the picture-background was kind of kludged, because I've not seen any of them that work what I would consider "perfectly".. Some of the early ones actually ERASED parts of your picture when you moved icons around in the Finder.. Later ones made you wait until the application you were running did it's REGULAR background, THEN put up the picture.. taking forever.. Oh yeah.. that's another comment.. I don't seem to remember any of 'em working with anything besides the Finder. I note all of these problems as I believe a pattern-background would have all of the limitations of a picture-background. If I am wrong, please correct me people. If it were that easy it seems it'd've been done by now. >and an MS-DOS FST to work in cunjunciton with the PC-TRANSPORTER. I think >if people are willing to pay several thousand dollars for a machine with >lots of goodies, the computer should at least be able to read more than >just ProDOS, DOS 3.3, & Pascal. Oh COME ON. I'd like more FSTs myself too, and complain about it sometimes.. but other computers can't directly read other computers' operating systems (invisibly) like the GS can with High Sierra.. When we get more, it'll be great, but it seems like a bit "too much" of a complaint in my opinion. --