Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU (02/22/90)
The following comes from ftn.about.90.01 from Apple.com (130.43.2.2): > files is unsuitable. The list published in this month's Note > reflects file descriptors that are to be shipped with System > Software 5.0. This list is final for 5.0. Does this quote seem to imply that SS 5.0 won't be with us much longer? Waiting for an announcement, please... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd A. Bakal I believe in the Cubs, U of M Apple User's Group UM's national championship Ann Arbor, Michigan chances, and my Apple ][gs. Internet: Tabakal@ub.cc.umich.edu FTP: 35.1.1.43 UUCP: ...!uunet!ub.cc.umich.edu!tabakal BITnet: Tabakal@UMICHUB
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (02/24/90)
In article <4630284@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes: >> reflects file descriptors that are to be shipped with System >> Software 5.0. This list is final for 5.0. > >Does this quote seem to imply that SS 5.0 won't be with us much longer? It only means what it says--if the note didn't specify what version of the system software it corresponded to, you wouldn't know N years from now, if you came across a copy of that list, which system software had matching filetype descriptor files. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (02/24/90)
In article <4630284@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes: >The following comes from ftn.about.90.01 from Apple.com (130.43.2.2): > >> files is unsuitable. The list published in this month's Note >> reflects file descriptors that are to be shipped with System >> Software 5.0. This list is final for 5.0. > >Does this quote seem to imply that SS 5.0 won't be with us much longer? >Waiting for an announcement, please... > > Todd A. Bakal I believe in the Cubs, It will always amuse me to see people trying to read between the lines when nothing is there. The quote has been there since July 1989, just before 5.0 was released to the world but after we finalized which FTDs would be in FType.Main and FType.Aux. The note was provided for the benefit of all those who have received auxtype assignments from DTS but didn't follow through and inform us when a version of their program using those auxtypes shipped. It told them "These are the files the system identifies, and since you didn't tell us your product is shipping, yours isn't included." It doesn't imply anything about the future, except that unless developers notify us when they ship, their programs won't be included in system FTDs. This will remain true. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================
sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown) (02/26/90)
In-Reply-To: message from Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU > Software 5.0. This list is final for 5.0. > >> Does this quote seem to imply that SS 5.0 won't be with us much longer. Possibly. Or that SS 5.0 (actually 5.0.2) IS the final version for the Apple IIGS. UUCP: crash!pro-generic!sb ARPA: crash!pro-generic!sb@nosc.mil INET: sb@pro-generic.cts.com