Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!ukma!hsdndev!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: FasText INIT Message-ID: <16233@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 22 May 91 04:44:58 GMT References: <1991May21.054549.25355@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <53187@apple.Apple.COM> <1991May22.025850.9550@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 8 In article <1991May22.025850.9550@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes: >because the shell has to be replaced. But if the utilities are changed to >require the console driver, then we're up a crick- because we can patch a >lot of things but we can't patch a GS/OS driver- you'd shit bricks. What I would like to know is why anybody is supposed to cater to such a software system. Hell, it's not going to be able to run anything other than applications specifically developed for that environment anyway.