Re: No more Apple II?

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Louis Cornelio <cornelio@crl.com> wrote:

: I am not sure what the direct lint is for the system software at Apple,
: but I do this far:

: http://til.info.apple.com/ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software
_Updates/US/Apple_II

: which came up "no such directory"

It's not the greatest idea to type in a mile long URL ending with a directory
path, as you discovered. If the directory path changes or if you type it in
wrong, your URL is no good.

: while I can belive it. I imagine the is another Apple ftp route to
: download GS & other system stuff -- can anyone tell me where?

Server names and directory structures do change from time to time, so it
makes sense to look around rather than just assuming evil Apple has rooked
Apple II users yet again. I directed my browser to asu.info.apple.com and 
selected browse. You get the alphabet in a vertical column. If you click the
blue triangle next to a letter, you see all the software updates whose names
begin with that letter. As might be expected, the bulk of Apple II stuff is 
in the A list. Hypercard IIgs, logically enough, appears in the H list.

I hadn't visited the updates site for a while and didn't know about the asu
site until I poked around a little. But this new setup is a lot better than 
trying to remember a path or having to dig through a directory structure to
find stuff. I like it.
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