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Subject: Re: Why would anyone buy an apple
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Date: Thu, 15-Sep-83 16:51:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 15 16:51:05 1983
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The Apple, too, has a REAL operating system.  It most certainly can open
devices in a NORMAL way.  I like 

	reset(filea,'WORK:FOO.TEXT')

MUCH better than the Atari's

        10 OPEN #1, 4, 0, "D:FOO.TXT"

Note, for example, that volumes have real names like "WORK:" or "GRAPHIX:"
or "LIB:" or "SRC.A:".

Further, for reading single characters I much prefer

	read(filea,c)

(what could possibly be more natural than THAT?) over such rigmarole as

         20 OPEN #", 4, 0, "K:"

or whatever the magic formula was on the Atari.

In case you haven't figured it out, of course, the Apple's REAL operating
system is Apple Pascal.

				Dave Seaman
				Purdue User Services
				pur-ee!Pucc-I:ags