Re: GS OS 6.0.1 SEA format?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 06:07:34 GMT, "Adalbert Goertz"
> <goertza@fatalerr.com> wrote:
> 
> >Downloaded the GS OS from the apple site.
> >>>
> >Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>
> >If you download it with your //GS, all you need is to
> >biscit and unshrink it.
> 
> Unfortunately that doesn't work anymore.  Apple, <SARCASM> in their
> infinite wisdom </SARCASM>, only make the GS/OS System disks available
> as Mac self-extracting archives with a MacBinary header (*.sea.bin).
> 
> I think they only make System 6.0.1 available now.  I'm not even sure
> that the latest ProDOS system disks are still available there.  Good
> thing there are other places licensed to distribute the Apple II
> operating systems.
 ....

     According to Apple, the company does not license any Apple II OS.
Fortunately, Apple is not likely to object to anyone's offering Apple II OS
software for download or on-disk with a product.



Rubywand