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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: develop, Dynamo, and life in general
Message-ID: <38742@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 90 03:33:29 GMT
References: <1557@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1557@crash.cts.com> tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator) writes:
>
>I whole-heartedly agree with the opinion, Mark.  What I don't agree with is
>that the majority of the spectrum of work for CD-ROM (even if read/write/
>erase drives do hit the market at a price that WE the consumer can afford)
>appears to be done in anticipation of Mac sales.  WHAT can WE (the Apple //
>enthusiasts) expect in the future of the Apple // when it comes to CD-ROM
>technology?  Will ProDOS ever break the 32 meg limitation (with or w/o a
>major re-write)?  Will GS/OS formats be interchangeable using ProDOS to
>High Sierra FSTs?  Can Apple folks answer these questions and give US the
>foresight to know how to structure the expenditure of OUR future dollars? :)
>
I can only answer from what we (in DTS and the Apple Developer Group) are
doing in CD-ROM.  You can expect continued improvements on CD titles like
Phil & Dave's (which contains as much Apple II software and documentation
as we could gather).  This is one part of Apple that has not lost sight
of the roots of this company, and as long as there are developers developing
for the Apple II there will be some kind of support from this group.

As far as ProDOS is concerned, that limit is why GS/OS was written.  But
regardless of that, you can already read the ProDOS partition of the CD we
put out and under GS/OS you can read High Sierra discs too.

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