Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!mjohnson From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple Technotes Message-ID: <35166@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 2 Oct 89 00:46:16 GMT References: <8909300944.AA10542@trout.nosc.mil> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 32 In article <8909300944.AA10542@trout.nosc.mil> lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden) writes: > >Hold on here! I am confused. Just a week or so ago, someone, I thought >from Apple, was explaining why it took so long to get tech notes out to >folks - or was that over on Aline? Anyways, the explanation went that >first the Apple II tech notes were written in MacWrite and had graphics >installed. Then when folks were happen, those notes were sent on disk to >APDA for printing and soft disk distribution. Then, the technotes had >to be converted to ASCII text and graphics for ftp and upload purposes. > >Now we are told that technotes are NEVER done in MacWrite. > Let us just say that Technical Notes are done in a word processor on the Macintosh. That word processor is not MacWrite. End of story. APDA receives printed copies as soon as the release is done. They get disk files when we get them converted to ASCII and formatted for Prodos. This is usually within the first two weeks of the month the Notes are dated, but this is not always the case, as you well know. As soon as the ASCII files are done, I upload them to AppleLink (Apple version) and the Apple FTP site. Distribution to other electronic channels follows. I hope this helps to clarify the situation. -- Mark B. Johnson AppleLink: mjohnson Developer Technical Support domain: mjohnson@Apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!mjohnson "You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it?" - Richard Bach, _One_