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- From: WULF@bonnie.physik.uni-stuttgart.de (Wulf Hofbauer)
- Subject: Re: Apple Stupidity (was Re: Where does ProDOS come from?)
- In-Reply-To: bazyar@teal.csn.org's message of Sat, 12 Sep 1992 18:30:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.120418.13693@news.uni-stuttgart.de>
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- Organization: Physics Dept, University of Stuttgart, FRG
- 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> <bazyar.716322613@teal>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:04:18 GMT
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- In <bazyar.716322613@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org writes:
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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.
- >
-
- I don't have the impression being polite seems to pay off. Many people have
- politely asked for ProDOS8 on this newgroup before, and if I remember right,
- some guy of Apple promised that it would soon be available seperately via FTP.
- This was quite a while ago - and nothing happened.
-
- Some time ago, I asked an *authorized* Apple dealer here in Germany about a ROM
- upgrade for the //c. He told me - straight into the face - that he wouldn't do
- anything concerning the // as he wouldn't make enough profit out of it.
- Finally, I ordered a ROM from another *authorized* Apple dealer. Though my
- order is now back almost two years and it has repeatedly been confirmed, I
- received nothing but some junk mail promoting the Mac up to now.
-
- Do you still think being polite pays?
-
- - Wulf
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-
- "Though this be madness, there is method in it." (Shakespeare)
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