Re: Word Perfect for the Apple II and IIGS now FREEWARE!

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"Charles T. Turley" <cturley@wco.com> wrote:
>I'd been trying to get Word Perfect for the Apple II and IIGS reclassified as
>freeware (with authorization) for distribution via the Internet web sites and 
>ftp sites for some time now. Well, final authorization has been confirmed by 
>Corel Corp.

First of all, I'd like to thank C. Turley for repeatedly bugging
Corel until they saw the light.

Second, knowing what will probably happen is that this software
will be boycotted by some, I hope that Nate and others will bury
the hatchet.  WordPerfect GS was the finest IIGS word processor
available, combining a fast pseudo-text SHR display with a choice
of pull-down menus or keyboard shortcuts, and the IIe version was
at least light years ahead of AppleWriter.  It would be a sad
day if the A2 FAQ and the Apple II newsletters all decide not to
spread the word far and wide.

I hope that the writers of Apple Blossom, Juiced GS, Shareware
Solutions II, Softdisk GS, and the Apple II FAQ will independently
verify WordPerfect's status from Corel and then make the software
available (through disks or links).

FINALLY, there is a freely available, full-featured word processor
that anyone lucky enough to have an Apple II computer can use.  I
believe the latest version was released as an upgrade for the GS
version in 1993.  The software will run under System 6.0.1 and
see HFS volumes just fine.  If you eschew fancy fonts and graphics,
but appreciate high octane word processing, give it a spin.

-Scott G.