Re: AppleWorks queries

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

In article PB14@le.ac.uk (Phil Beesley) writes...

>Which versions do I have? 
> 
>Set 1 came with my IIGS with original disks (3 * 5.25" ProDos turn-em-over
>disks, 2 * 3.5" 800K ProDos) and manual but nowhere does it say which
>version of the software it is. Copyright dates are 1983-86. I guess it is
>version 1 but can someone confirm this?

    The copyright date, and fact that it included the program on both
5.25" and 3.5" disks would suggest it is version 2.0 or 2.1. This is
the during the time Apple Computer published the program and updated
it to recognize Apple IIgs memory.

>Unfortunately, since I upgraded my ROM01 from 256K --> 4M it no longer
>runs on the GS. 

    Ahh, this is definitely version 2.x then. There is a bug in that
version of AppleWorks which will cause it to crash if 2 MB or more 
are present on an Apple IIgs.

>Is there a patch anywhere? Can the software be installed on a ProDos hard 
>disk? 

    There is a patch program on the RAM GS diagnostic disk, it is a very
small Applesoft BASIC program. A few years back, Sequential Systems said
they would sell the patcher but not give it out. 

>Set 2 is boxed and still in its shrinkwrap and is labelled "AppleWorks for
>IIc and IIe" (the guff on the side of the box states that 256K is required
>for the IIe). The packaging is mainly grey, the front featuring a photo of
>a bearded bloke in a striped shirt earnestly staring at a IIc monitor.
>Part number is A2D4501. Again I guess this is version 1. Can anyone
>confirm?

    The bit about requiring 256K would suggest it is AppleWorks 5.x from
Scantron Quality Computers, but considering it has an Apple part number
and the same packaging as my copy of Apple Access II (another Apple sold
program) I would say this is either version 1.x or 2.x.

    When Claris took over the program and updated it to version 3.0, I
remember the box changed for the most part, and had the Claris name and
logo over it. Likewise for version 4.x and 5.x when Quality Computers
bought the program and put their name on the box with new styling.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca