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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)

• mocko 9y ago
  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.
  • d_k_f 9y ago
    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.)
    • 6581 9y ago
      The resident tools were .ACC (desktop accessories).
      • d_k_f 9y ago
        Ahh, right. Thanks for the refresher!
• c3d 9y ago
  Actually, the .app extension Das sometimes used. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TOS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TOS