Re: Apple II GUI

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <3JUL199615434984@vax2.concordia.ca>,
vax2.concordia.ca <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
> In article shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) writes...
> > 
> >Apple didn't write it, they got Mousedesk from Version Soft, the
> >French guys who put out apps like Mouseword and Mousecalc as well as
> >Mousedesk for the long-defunct company International Solutions. It
> >became the Apple II Desktop and was included in early IIgs system
> >software. The only differences between it and Mousedesk I'm aware of
> >are the name change and ability to run S16 apps. 
> 
>    A minor note, MouseDesk (version 2.0) was included as part as System 1.0,
> Apple II Desktop replaced it in System 2.0. 

System 1.1, I think (I'd have to dig out some old disks to be sure).

"Apple II Desktop" was just a renamed version of MouseDesk, as far as I
could tell.

I'm pretty sure that MouseDesk 2.0 could launch S16 applications.
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David Empson
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