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From: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: mousedesk
Message-ID: <2786@reed.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 02:38:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 02:38:34 1986
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Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
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In article <216@dg_rtp.UUCP> owen@dg_rtp.UUCP (Karl Owen) writes:
>>In A+ I found out that for $10
>>materials, handling, and shipping charges anyone, until 31-Mar-86, can
>>reseave a copy of MouseDesk for the apple //c or e128k.
>>
>
>What's a MouseDesk?  And is that receive or reserve?
>
>				Karl M. Owen

MouseDesk is a ProDos operating environment much like the Mac.  Without
going into editorials on whether or not this should be done, here's what
it is.  It boots up like normal, then displays the "Desktop" on which
you will find a disk icon, another disk icon if you have something in
the second drive, and a menu bar.  There are two manufacturers of
Desktop software.  One is MouseDesk, the other is Catalyst.  To combat
Catalyst, which is given out with the new 3.5 inch disk drives, the
MouseDesk manufaturer has made this offer.  It will run with 5.25 or 3.5
inch disks.  However, one interesting (and annoying) thing is thaour
computers can't spit out disks, so you have to tell it you're doing it.
Otherwise it get confused.  A+ ran a comparison of these two programs in
their March issue.  I heard that supposedly one of them will eventually
scan the disk every few (insert time segment here)'s.  That way you
won't have to tell it you're switching disks.

Sean Kamath

[ihnp4,decvax,ucbcad]!tektronix!reed!kamath

Disclaimer:  I don't have either of these programs.  I am not associated
with A+.  My opinions are those of our new black kitten only.  He needs
a name by the way.   Any suggestions?  He looks like his name should
start with a B.  E-mail only, please.....