Re: general ? on 2gs

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spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>    AppleWorks GS combined a GUI spreadsheet, word processor and
>paint program (as well as telecommunications, page layout and a
>database module). It's been discontinued, but you can purchase a
>a set of the disks from Alltech (http://www.allelec.com) for only
>US$15. Most people only found the word processing module useable,
>but then I would be cautious to recommend it considering how buggy
>and unstable it was. It was a _very_ powerful program for its time
>though, there was nothing else like it 10 years ago.

Several months ago, there was an online survey of AWGS stability.
For most users, it seems, AWGS is quite stable.  For a few, but
still significant number such as yourself, it is terribly unstable.  Why
this is so, I don't know.  I've been trying to figure out what exactly
messes it up.  Could it be the Ramfast driver?  Don't know.

I rather like the program myself.  Frankly, the graphics module
with its scalable graphics is unlike anything else I've used on the
GS and the only thing appropriate for desktop publishing on a
high resolution ink jet or laser printer.  Other paint programs
will result in jagged graphics on these printers, but not the
scalable images produced by the AWGS graphics module. The
database is the best available for the IIGS and the desktop
publishing module is quite speedy on an accelerated system.