Re: UN: PGP IIGS

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <60.6319.3268.0N1E7119@canrem.com>,
Alex Bosika <alex.bosika@canrem.com> wrote:

   I'm sending this followup to both comp.sys.apple2 and
csa2.programmer, with followups to csa2. Keep the posts trimmed to
about 70 chars/line; it makes quoting much easier.

>1) PGP for the Apple II (preferably, GS). Reality? Possibility?

   Possibility, yes. Haven't heard any rumors or anything else about
it, though. I personally don't have any need for it. If ported, it'd
probably be pretty slow, and initially work under GNO only for
simplicity.

>2) Working Fax software for the GS?

   Go complain to Vitesse. There's no need for anymore wasted effort
trying to duplicate a program that sorta works now.

>3) SLIP and other internet stuff for the GS?

   In beta, requiring GNO. It'll have just the basics for internet
stuff, such as telnet, finger, rlogin, and such. Anything fancy (i.e.
fluff) like Mosaic/Netscape, forget it for a while.

>4) An excellent resource of well-made truetype fonts for the
>Pointless? (Source or ftp site, please)

   Get a CD-Rom drive, and one of many CD-Rom TT collections. Pretty
darn cheap nowadays. Or, download a ton of Mac TTs to a Mac, use the
mac to unpack them, and transfer to your GS.

   Having lots of TTs sounds neat until you actually download 300 of
them, print samples off a Mac, and realize that most are really pretty
useless.

>5) A new shrinkit or decompress program to unshrinkit more common SIT
>archives.

   Doubtful. Macs are getting so cheap these days (and friends with
them) that you can use them to unpack stuff. Not like anything useful
on a GS would really be put in a SIT archive anyhow. 

>Why is this conference not that active? It used to be.

   You originally posted to the programmer's newsgroup. If you can
find a bunch of programmers that need help, this is the right place.
Unfortunately, most of us have a clue, but need a lot more time to
support GS programming.

Nathan Mates

(Disclaimer: all of the above is unsubstantiated rumor until proven
true :)
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