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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS PD source
Message-ID: <8651@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 7 Oct 88 10:02:55 GMT
References: <113300020@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <113300020@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> dmk20395@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>Where's a good place to pick up Apple //GS public domain programs, and source
>code?  I'm learning to program this puppy and would like lots of examples.
>Also, where can I get the documentation on A.C.E. and the other new
>toolsets that were just released with GS/OS?

Two answers:  First, all Apple IIGS programmers are advised to join APDA,
which distributes technical information and developer software.  Second,
freeware and shareware (low-cost but not free) can be found on numerous
Bulletin Board Systems, and also on services such as Genie.  BBSes are
probably more of a risk with respect to picking up viruses.  Genie has
two libraries, one for routine Apple software and one more oriented
toward software developers.  Virtually all freeware/shareware worth
having is available there (much of it also on other services such as
CompuServe or The Source; AppleLink doesn't have much yet).  I don't
want to post commercial info but you should be able to find phone
numbers etc. for these in some computer hobbyist magazine.  The USEnet
comp.binaries.apple newsgroup also receives a lot of freeware/shareware
contributions, and it is archived on some BITNET site (BROWNVM I think).