Re: MacIntosh OS/interface changes

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <D4Bnx2.CJ5@seas.ucla.edu>,
Bryan K. Ogawa <bogawa@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu> wrote:
>[NOTE: crossposted to comp.sys.apple2]
>
>In article <D47H14.AyI@plato.simons-rock.edu> karl@simons-rock.edu writes:
>>
>>Question:  What did the terms "Finder" and "Chooser" refer to on the 
>>IIgs under GS/OS?
>
>Finder refers to an application which is similar in appearance and
>function to the Mac's Finder: it allows for program launching and basic
>file manipulation (copying, disk formatting, etc.).  Note: it is not
>like MultiFinder, in that multiple applications cannot be launched and
>remain in memory simulaneously using the GS Finder, without making
>modifications (e.g. the Manager or Switch-It! or MultiGS).
>
>I'm not sure about Chooser:  I think I recall some applications with
>*Chooser names, but I don't recall one named "Chooser".  Since I got
>my GS in '91, though, a lot of things came and went before I actually
>owned a GS.

The Appleshare and net printer control panels provide the functionality of
the chooser under GS/OS. There is a program called Chooser II that you use
to select printers on a //e with workstation card. You use programs aptly
named logon and logoff to log on and off file servers on a //e.
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Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
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