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From: tomj@pro-pac.cts.com (Tom Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Oh come on guys...
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Date: 15 Apr 89 07:06:36 GMT
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You know, sometime in the past there was talk about the "old" P8 Apple II
Desktop...I found it on an old disk, booted it up and much to my
amazement, the black and white Apple II Desktop was infinitely faster than
the newer Finder as found on system disk 4.0 (GSOS).

Why is it then, that Apple cannot write a Finder program under P16 that is
as fast as the old P8 Desktop?  Why not?  Is it the color?  Is it GSOS? 
Is a cheatah really faster that a locomotive???

I routinely use the old (or read - newest) Launcher found on the 3.x
system disk because the newer Finder is slow opening up and closing
windows.  And no, I can't see spending $350 (TWGS) just to make the darned
windows work properly altough I will anyway because speeding up the IIgs
will keep me from going outsane (insane?)

Come on guys, can't we make the new Finder just as fast as the old
Desktop?  And if not, how can I install the Apple II Desktop on the GSOS
disk to make it boot into it?  Would it go into the System folder -
renamed as "Start" with a subdirectory labeled "Desktop" with it's desk
accys?  HELP!

And another thing!  Is there any other 3 1/2 inch disk drive that will
work in the Apple IIc other than the UniDisk 3.5?  Why can't I take a
Macintosh 3.5 incher and "hack" into working?  Isn't the Unidisk a "dumb"
drive?  If not, am I stuck with the UniDisk?  Anyone wanna get rid of
their Undisk?  Huh?

So there...


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