Re: Info on Deja ][ - the AppleWorks Mac emulator program

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Supertimer wrote:

> a2mg@aol.comNomail (TEXAS II - AppleWorks) wrote:
>
> >Except for non-Power PC users and a few unique features, Bernie largely
> >superceded Deja ][, and the authors recommended it (bernie) rather than do
> >further work on D2.
>
> D2 is useful for PC users.  When running MacOS under the
> Gemulator program from http://www.emulators.com/ a user
> can run D2 and thus AppleWorks.
>
> Why D2 under Gemulator instead of a simple A2 emulator
> on the PC?  Simply because most A2 emulators cannot
> even print!  They are mainly used for playing old games.
> For someone running AppleWorks, you'd want something
> that can print.  D2 is it.  Gemulator lets PC users run D2.

Try Apple Oasis and run Appleworks with 1meg desktop,
date & time functions, mass storage space, com port access,
and printing. And on the user side, colored text screens. On
a decent PC it's reasonably fast too.

Phoenyx