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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Making Apple ][ Future
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Date: 13 Feb 89 07:36:45 GMT
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In a previous message, jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) wrote:
>The reasons for this are a) Apple does not support the //gs in universities,
>a regular hotbed for computer creativity and shareware; b) pressure to use
>the Mac interface as is instead of using the text screen, mouse text, or
>a scaled down version of the window manager, all of which would move faster;
> c) an incomplete OS, I am not impressed with GS/OS because it does not
>recognize 5.25's, repeatedly crashes, and does not support Appletalk (I
>believe I need System3.2 to get the Appletalk routines) i.e. GS/OS, and no
>Prodos16 yet, properly addresses the dual nature of the gs, 8-bit and 16-bit.

	What do you mean doesn't recognize 5.25"s? You need to use the
installer program on the second disk to get that capability.

			unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu