Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Origin of the "TYPE LETTER TO RUN" classic =?UTF-8?B?SEVMTE9wcm9ncmFt?= =?UTF-8?B?Pw==?= Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:29:29 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <4445bf30-72e1-41fa-bc0f-5ebc0ade1b9a@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:29:29 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c06d895f479ee545ed6ee4c887972a35"; logging-data="17048"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/3vpH9nTU1T+9ZRkrpwqBZ" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:qdhDS2aJErmJ7ViTfmLZxAXcYu8= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:44489 D Finnigan wrote: > > I would first check all DOS 3.1 and 3.2.x disks at hand and see if any of > them have this file selector. > > I would also skim thru Call-APPLE, Apple Orchard, and any other magazines > from that time period. I would probably just scan the table of contents > for > each issue. > By the way, its widespread dispersal is suggestive of publication thru a magazine, user's group newsletter or the like. Or, it came from a single disk or small set of disks so common (such as a DOS System Master) that nearly every Apple user had a copy, and thus more copies were made and distributed, and the program trickled out to many more disks. -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/