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From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: mousedesk
Message-ID: <310@ius2.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 13:21:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 13:21:12 1986
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In article <81@gumby.UUCP> hammen@gumby writes:
>In article <216@dg_rtp.UUCP>, owen@dg_rtp.UUCP 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
>
>	MouseDesk is a shell (for ProDOS, I believe) that emulates the Macintosh
>Finder, using the mouse/icons/desktop interface.  It uses double-high res
>graphics, and it may require the enhancement kit for use on the //e.  You can
>receive a copy of it by mailing to the address listed in the previous posting
>(sorry, I don't know what it is).  The reason you can get a copy of it for $10
>is because Apple ahs more or less put their advertising weight behind Quark's
>Catalyst 3.0 in the Apple // desktop war. 

Both MouseDesk and Catalyst require 128K of memory and a 65c02.  They may
require the upgraded Roms as well, but that's more or less a moot point
since most people with a 65c02 already have the new Roms.
Anyway, they can't be run on the ][+ (strange, since the AppleMouse works OK).
This means there is still an opportunity for somebody out there.

MouseDesk is bundled with the Apple Disk drives in Europe.  Also, MouseDesk
version 2.0 (not copy protected, unlike the $10 version) is coming out April
1, apparently as part of an integrated package with some other International
Solutions products.
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