Re: New to Apple II again...

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article rubywand@swbell.net writes...

>Koichi Takagi writes ...
>>  AppleWorks (did they make that for IIGS?)
> 
>     Scantron Quality Computers (800-777-3642 http://www.sqc.com ) has
>been the official vendor for Appleworks stuff. Supposedly they sell the
>current version of Appleworks (v5.1) as well as a product called
>"Appleworks-GS". 

    Not any longer--Scantron Quality Computers actually discontinued 
AppleWorks GS and no longer sell it. The only source it's available
through now is Alltech Electronics, but you only get copies of the 
disks (no box or manual, and you cannot purchase those separately).

    Other than selling AppleWorks Classic for the 8-bit Apple II, 
Scantron Quality Computers has more or less gone the way of companies 
like Vitesse or Econ in terms of the Apple II products and support.

>Unless your friend's GS has 4MB of Expansion RAM and an
>accelerator board, Awks-GS is not recommended. (Actually, it is not
>recommended anyway.)  The standard word processor for the GS is classic
>Appleworks 5.1.

     Upgraded system or not, AppleWorks GS 1.1 is quite buggy and
even unstable. The word processor module is quite nice, as it is
an updated version of MultiScribe GS (once a very popular program)
but should be avoided for any heavy or very important work (don't
try writing a term paper in there, as I made the mistake of doing
many times :/). I agree about using more stable (and much faster) 
alternatives, like AppleWorks Classic or even ProTERM 3.1's editor.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca