Re: MultiScribe word processor

[wernst@cris.com (Warren "Llama" Ernst)]

texan@onyx.southwind.net (Dustin James) wrote:

>seanlynch (seanlynch@delphi.com) wrote:
>:  
>: multiscribe became beaglewrite and multiscribe GS became Beaglewrite GS.
>
>Multiscribe GS became Appleworks GS after Claris bought the code.  This
>caused problems when they tried to update Appleworks GS to version 2
>because the source code was undocumented and so many patches were in it
>that it was difficult to update (although I guess Burger Bill did it but
>was not going to get paid, so he dumped it).  I don't know where
>Beaglewrite GS came from, but I don't believe it was from Multiscribe GS.

Wrong, but close to the truth. BeagleWrite GS came directly from
MultiScribe GS. In fact, for a while, we at Beagle Bros were sending
MultiScribe GS disks and manuals out to customers who needed
replacement media. We were definately using Multiscribe-based
technical notes to handle tech support calls.

Still, maintaining it and chasing down bugs was very problematic,
mostly because the source was very poorly documented, and apparently
patched too. I suspect Mark Munz will be able to tell many, many
<ahem> amusing stories regarding this situation.

Obviously, BeagleWrite for the //e and c came from MultiScribe, though
the 8 bit version was a lot more stable to begin with. I thought it
was a lot more elegant considering that hardware that it had to work
with.

Virtually,
Warr
former Beagle Bros tech support
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