Re: StyleWare MultiScribe to work on my IIe?

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

In article Peter Hinchliffe <hinchlif@numbat> writes...
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>As far as I know, three things are required for MultiScribe to run on a 
>IIe: 128K or more or RAM, 65c02 and enhanced ROMs, and the Revision A 
>motherboard (for DHR support). 

	It's true that MultiScribe requires 128k RAM, although your
incorrect about it requiring the Enhanced chipset. It should also run
on a Revision A motherboard, although the display would be a garbled
Hi-Res image with purple and green lines through it. What you meant is
the Revision B motherboard (Revion 'A' did not support Double-Hi-Res,
and while Revision 'B' did, the next revision was named 'A' once again. 
It's unclear why Apple used 'A' in the third revision rather than 'C').

>A Mouse is highly recommended but not 
>essential if I remember correctly. I ran MultiScribe successfully on a 
>IIe without any problems.

	This is correct, you can access pull-down menus using the ESC
and arrow keys. This method will also work with mouse software such 
as MouseDesk or MouseCalc.

>BTW: the 8-bit MultiScribe does not run on a IIgs - you need BeagleWrite 
>(which is just MultiScribe in a skin). Of course, there are also 
>GS-specific versions of both programs as well.

	I just tried MultiScribe v1.01, it runs just fine from my ROM 01.
Perhaps your using a more recent version which isn't IIgs compatible, 
although that would seem unlikely. The point is rather moot since most 
IIgs users, as you say, can use MultiScribe GS v3.x (or of course 
BeagleWrite or AppleWorks GS, in it's latest form on the IIgs).

>Peter Hinchliffe
>Perth,
>Western Australia

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@vega.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca