Re: 8bit shells

[sb_spec@pavo.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford) writes...
>In article <1MAR199418155030@pavo.concordia.ca>,
>Mitchell Spector <sb_spec@pavo.concordia.ca> wrote:
> 
>>	Actually, "MouseDesk" (or "Apple II Desktop") work just fine on
>>my unenhanced 128k Apple //e, though you need Double-Hi-Res graphics 
>>supported. You can load it up off a single-sided 5.25 floppy disk, but
>>you won't have any room for desk accessories (not to be confused with
>>GS CDA/NDA Desk Accessories, even though they both work from the Apple 
>>menu). A mouse is pretty much needed too, but then again, Quinn said
>>he wanted an 8-bit shell, not GUI -- shells are usually CLIs.. ;-)
> 
>Wow I'm not really the only one still using this old relic of a program? Cool.
>I noticed one interesting problem with it - it works great with network volumes
>on my workstation card equipped //e but it locks up my IIgs rather tightly
>when I try to use a network volume with it. Wonder why that is

	Heh, not exactly! :) I stopped using MouseDesk (so-called System 2.0)
about a month after I bought my IIgs and found there was a real Finder 
available! Well, can't say much for the usefulness of Finder 1.0, but at 
least it could launch my ProDOS 16 software then... :)

	Still, MouseDesk was pretty cool for 8-bit standards! I used to play
around with it back when I had an Apple //c and mouse. I'd probably use it
on my Apple //e, that is, if I had a hardrive connected up to the old thing. :)


>Randy Shackelford                                "That's right, keep dancing
>shack@crash.cts.com                               on the minefield"
>                                                                  -Al Bundy

Mitchell Spector
sb_spec@pavo.concordia.ca