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Re: OS For IIGS

Subject: Re: OS For IIGS
From: at217@chebucto.ns.ca (Michael Hackett)
Date: 1997/11/06
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Chebucto Community Net
References: <19347.otter@oz.net> <3460feb8.6407587@news.bconnex.net> <63r045$m5u$1@darla.visi.com> <63rf03$ta$1@europa.frii.com>

Randy Shackelford (shack@io.frii.com) wrote:
> In article <63r045$m5u$1@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

> >   Insert "Apple II" between 'its' and operating systems'. Starting
> >with System 7, Apple's been selling updates to older users what
> >they're providing with new machines, which isn't any different from
> >MS's model. 

> Nope, all versions through 7.0.1 are freely distributable.

Not quite "freely distributable", but you could download them for free
from Apple's site or =licensed= BBSs and online services.

> It is said that the 8.1 update
> will be a 25 mb download, a lot of stuff to give away. Including a new file 
> system to get rid of the 65536 variable size blocks on disk volumes.

References:
- Re: OS For IIGS
  - From: "Gary Sutton" <otter@oz.net>
- Re: OS For IIGS
  - From: CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)
- Re: OS For IIGS
  - From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
- Re: OS For IIGS
  - From: shack@io.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)

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