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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by boondaburrah on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:00PM (#14771281)
Why do all my programs end it .PRG then? :P (currently struggling to get data off of an old ST - good old RS232 strikes again)
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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by mocko on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:48PM (#14771712)
Fellow ST user here! .prg was the most common extension but .app was certainly used in some cases. I think it denoted a different format.
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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by d_k_f on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:26PM (#14772089)
Weren't .prgs the actual "foreground"-programs while .apps were the small helper tools that ran in the background and stayed resident even if not in focus? I distantly remember some apps getting a spot in the menu bar...

(It's been ages since I touched that system, good times, though.)

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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by 6581 on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:42PM (#14772196)
The resident tools were .ACC (desktop accessories).
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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by d_k_f on Saturday July 15, 2017 @10:27AM (#14776770)
Ahh, right. Thanks for the refresher!
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Re:Radiohead album hides an app that only runs on an '80s co... by c3d on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:20AM (#14775265)
Actually, the .app extension Das sometimes used. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TOS
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