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- From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Subject: Re: Apple Stupidity (was Re: Where does ProDOS come from?)
- Message-ID: <bazyar.716322613@teal>
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- References: <lali4dINNol9@news.bbn.com> <mattd-080992120746@city-lights.apple.com> <2758@news.cerf.net> <1992Sep10.190124.2225@cci632.cci.com> <mattd-110992165114@city-lights.apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:30:13 GMT
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- >In article <1992Sep10.190124.2225@cci632.cci.com>, fjs@cci632.cci.com
- >(Francis Schwalm) wrote:
- >>
- >> I'm gonna be completely blunt here. Whatever stupidity ever possessed apple
- >> to release it that way? The idea behind the name ProDOS -8- is 8-bit, right?
- >> So how come only the apple users who have a GS can get a hold of it? If you
- >> don't have a GS you can't get it, EVEN THOUGH it was designed to be used by
- >> the 8-bit apple ]['s. I hope apple has a whopper of an explanation...
- >>
- >> I'm gonna ask again: Can someone AT apple put ProDOS 2.0.1 on ftp.apple.com
- >> for those of us who have trouble fitting an 800K disk in a 140K floppy.
-
- Francis- it's an oversight. Apple II group employees who (as Matt said)
- maintain the FTP site on their own time do NOT intentionally make life
- difficult for 8-bit users. You really should learn to take it easy;
- a more politely worded request or even just an observation would have been
- more appropriate.
-
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