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- From: sknkwrks@unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
- Subject: Re: Apple Stupidity (was Re: Where does ProDOS come from?)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep16.004632.427@unlv.edu>
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- Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
- References: <1992Sep13.022025.12705@unlv.edu> <1992Sep13.212839.2990@pro-apa.cts.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 00:46:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep13.212839.2990@pro-apa.cts.com> bkogawa@pro-apa.cts.com (Bryan Ogawa) writes:
- >Well, I don't think that Andy N. killing disk archives is a good idea.
- >1. Then, people can't pack DOS 3.3 disks.
- >2. Then, people can't pack custom format 3.5" disks (like the FTA stuff).
-
- I only asked that disk packing be blocked for ProDOS disks. DOS 3.3
- disks and the FTA stuff obviously are not on ProDOS disks.
-
- >3. Besides, I think that Dave L. or someone from Apple, Inc. stated some
- >reasons that they didn't want to use file archives for the files (this
- >question came up before, I think).
-
- Must've been some strange logic.
-
- Fortunately, ProDOS 8 was uploaded (without the GS System 6 stuff) to
- GEnie. I grabbed it from there. However, I no longer have a GEnie
- account and wonder what I'll do when the next release of ProDOS 8
- (assuming that there _is_ a next release) comes out.
-
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