Re: AppleWorks GS

[pubpc1@library.ucla.edu]

rubywand@aol.com wrote:
>In article <3284C205.7AB8@carver.agn.net>, Bill Carver
><Bill@carver.agn.net> writes:
>
>>....
>>Even patching in a new splash screen caused the program to crash, hence
>>why it still bears the Claris name when you boot it.  The program is
>>still useful, and usable and it's still for sale.  But we are unable to
>>make any future changes to the program.
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>In article <56a235$rt8@rock101.genie.net>, l.middleton3@genie.com writes:
>
>>.... I know that a wp would generate a ton of sales.  It probably is used
>more than
>>aany other piece of software and AWGS is no longer up to par. .... 
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>In article <56bvn9$n2h@news.vanderbilt.edu>, tilghman@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
>(Tilghman Lesher) writes:
>>A word processor like AppleWorks GS which doesn't use QUITE as much
>>direct page space, would make THIS user VERY HAPPY... :-)
>>

>     There is a very good super-res word processor which uses _much_ less
>space. CoolWriter 3.0 by Rolf Braun is 57k; so, it loads very quickly. (In
>fact, it has replaced Teach as my quickie Text file reader.)

He's not talking about main memory.  The computer only has a limited amount
of direct page memory and it is this limit that prevents you from
multitasking more than a few IIGS applications.  New software is frugal,
taking only 4K or so of this mem, but hogs like AWGS and HyperCard eat
up on the order of 16K.  They are not multitask friendly.