Re: [Help!] AppleWorks 2.0 on IIGS

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

In article dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes...

>Joseph E. Walsh <ransom@connect.iconnect.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to get AppleWorks 2.0 to work on the IIGS.
> 
>[snippage]
> 
>AppleWorks 2.0 has a problem running on the IIgs if you have too much
>memory.  I think the problems start if you have more than 1 MB of RAM.
> 
>Use AppleWorks 2.1 or later to fix the problem, or set up a large RAM
>disk to reduce the available free memory.

    According to an addendum included with my memory board that came
from Sequential Systems, both AppleWorks 2.0 _and_ 2.1 will crash if 
2 MB or more of memory is present on the IIgs.

    There is a small Applesoft program to patch this bug, it can be
found on the RAM-GS diagnostic disk (at least later revisions of it).
When I had Jawaid check it's status a few years back, the owner of
Sequential Systems said it was not freely distributable yet could
be purchased for $15 or so through them (rather petty if you ask me,
when all it is, is a 2-3K BASIC program that patches a few bytes).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca