Re: Is it POssiBLE????

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

> srcguard@src.dec.com (Lytton (SRC) Guard) writes:
> 
> >	Is it possible for an Apple IIe to upgrade up to software 
> >where it will have windows?  You know, maybe a certain kind of
> >upgrade.  Maybe/ Maybe not.
> >						Cyberpunk
> 
> You mean MicroSoft Windows (YUCK!) or a GUI (Graphical User Interface)?
> There are some programs (MousePaint, Dazzle Draw, etc. in graphics mode;
> ProTerm does it using the text screen) that use pull-down menus et al.

There is a GUI for the IIgs that works fine on 8 bit Apples.  I've seen 2
versions, Apple II Desktop and UltraLaunch.  Gives you a "finder" or a
IIe, IIc, etc.  Once you launch an application though, you are (of course)
at the mercy of the interface chosen for that program.  Oops, just noticed
a typo and the editor I am using (PICO 1.7) is a pain in the butt!  In
sentence 3 above, it should say "finder ON a IIe......"

Best GUI programs for the 8 bit II's include MultiScribe/BeagleWrite and
Publish It 4.

> 
> There is no way now to run MS Windows on a //e (why the heck would you
> WANT to? :^).
> 
> Dave
> -- 
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> Computer Engineer 3           /       Capt. Montgomery Scott ("Scotty")
> ddkilzer@iastate.edu          \   "I may be a captain by rank, but I never
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Greg Achenbach             gachenb@eis.calstate.edu
Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

"Nothing is real until it is experienced."