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<Pine.BSI.3.90.960618000249.11927A-100000@hometown.idirect.com>,
misty@idirect.com ("misty@idirect.com") wrote:

>> 
>> And, I reply: Yes, concerning the Apple II library of archives from 
>> Delphi, I received email from a subscriber to Delphi confirming that you 
>> do indeed have to be a member to access the Apple II archives.  That 
>> seems to be the standard with so many of the online services.  They make 
>> all of their PC and Mac goodies available for FREE - from public ftp, 
>> but not Apple II!  I often wonder why?  Maybe it's time for somebody to 
>> go get all those Apple II archive goodies and make them available for 
>> FREE public access via ftp, from one central ftp site!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Tom
>> 
>Hi Tom:  The "logic" escapes me.  After all, most of their A2 files were 
>posted by users who got them from AOL, Compuserve and Genie.
>
>Happy daze :)

Hello, Sid!  LTNS!

 Delphi never said they'd not support the Apple II. They said they were
probably going to abandon the CLI interface - which would have cost them
every user NOT on a PC or Mac.  They have since ammended that:  They will
maintain the CLI until there is no longer a demand for it.  All of us
Apple II, Commodor, Amiga, Atari, etc users are safe for a while yet.

As for Mr Turley... I'm not aware that Delphi treats Apple II files any
different from PC files.. I don't know of ANY on-line service that makes
ANY files available "free".  Downloading files is one of their prime
cash-cows.  Offering up libraries online for free is going to cost them
money - no matter how you cut it.
You are correct, too,  that most files on the online sites are gleaned
from other online sites and the 'Net.

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