Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Applefest & GS/OS Message-ID: <17431@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 20 Sep 88 18:08:18 GMT References: <8809190157.AA21394@crash.cts.com> <471NETOPRMS@NCSUVM> Reply-To: keith@apple.com.UUCP (Keith Rollin) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 36 In article <471NETOPRMS@NCSUVM> NETOPRMS@NCSUVM.BITNET (Michael Steele) writes: > > Ok let's quit complaining about the fact that Apple screwed up again and > came out with the IIc+ and discuss the aspects of GS OS. I've only read a > couple of articles about it and want to know more. Are they distributing > GS OS at Applefest or is it just "announced"? If someone has had the time > to play with it...does it support Mac disk format, what types of new tool > sets are created (ie a toolset to easily handle sounds,etc), is it even > slightly multitasking like Multifinder? > GS/OS is out and shipping from APDA. Dealers should be getting it soon. The price is $39 even. As for Mac disk support, it doesn't currently transparently read Mac disks, but the potential is certainly there. GS/OS performs ALL device reads through FSTs (File System Translators) and RAM based device drivers. A 3.5" drive device driver is already included with GS/OS, but there is no HFS FST. The FSTs currently supplied are ProDOS, High Sierra, and Console - an FST for character I/O to the screen and from the keyboard. There are new sound tools on the disk. There is a Note Sequencer and Note Synthesizer, along with a new Sound Tools. There is also a MIDI toolset and a Tool that compresses and expands sound files (ACE - Audio Compression and Expansion) (NOTE: these actually came out on System Disk 3.2, but that one wasn't widely distributed). No multi-tasking involved...But I don't think anyone would want that on a 2.8 MHz machine. Switching would be more practical, but that's not included either. Keith Rollin amdahl\ Developer Technical Support pyramid!sun !apple!keith Apple Computer decwrl/ "You can do what you want to me, but leave my computer alone!"