Re: Apple /// software

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Jan 28, 4:24 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> > >GS/OS on the IIgs has many significant improvements over ProDOS-8, which
> > >leapfrog the capabilities of SOS, but the structure of the operating
> > >system and hardware are completely different.
>
> >     On an interesting note, GS/OS did directly borrow some components or
> > at least concepts from SOS.
>
> Yes, it is somewhat of an amalgam of ProDOS, SOS and some ideas from Mac
> OS, but the fundamental ways it operates are considerably different from
> SOS.
>
> Just to take one example: if I remember right, SOS requires installing
> drivers inside a particular file on the startup volume, whereas GS/OS
> has a Mac-like folder structure which organises system files into
> different categories.
>
> A point in common is the manner in which devices are named, with a
> leading period. (Pardon the accidental pun.)
>
> > >There is no point running /// EZ Pieces on an Apple ][, as AppleWorks
> > >1.0 is very similar (as far as I am aware - I haven't seen /// EZ Pieces
> > >since about 1984, and have barely ever used an Apple ///).
>
> >     My understanding  is ///-EZ-Pieces _IS_ AppleWorks. The menus,
> > the layout, the keyboard commands are virtually identical from what I
> > remember.
>
> I didn't want to make quite a strong a statement as that, as I've only
> seen ///-EZ-Pieces once. I'd expect it to be nearly identical.
>
> > In fact, you can directly load up AppleWorks data files
> > into ///-EZ-Pieces--no conversion or importing required.
>
> >     The Apple III application came first. It was then it was brought over
> > to the Apple II side, tweaked a bit, and renamed AppleWorks. At least
> > this is what I recall from years ago.
>
> That is also my recollection.
>
> --
> David Empson
> demp...@actrix.gen.nz

AppleWorks 3.0 broke file compatibility with /// Easy Pieces.

I can't imagine there was a huge outcry over it. ;-)

-Warr