Re: AW5 vs WP 1.1 for 2e

[John <zzzjoki@yahoo.com>]

On May 26, 3:47 pm, "Hugh Hood" <hugh.h...@a2central.com.remove-wj6-
this> wrote:
>   To: John
>
> >> I still run [AppleWorks] 5.1 every day in my business with several
> >> custom macro sets doing very specific tasks. Quite simply, I'd say it's the
> >> best 8-bit software ever written.
>
> > Duck. Wordstar? Dbase? Are those in the top 10?
>
> John,
>
> You make a great point.
>
> I completely failed to consider those fine 8-bit CP/M programs when giving
> my subjective opinion.
>
> I do recall playing with those on a IIe with a CP/M card many, many years
> ago. They certainly were powerful, feature laden programs. I know both
> evolved to run on more powerful processors, but you're right that even the
> original versions were well programmed and commercially popular.
>
> And, I also failed to consider all the relatively unknown 8-bit programs
> written for various mini computers used by banks, insurance companies,
> etc... during the 60's and 70's. I know a guy who did that type of work in
> the early 70's and he told me they could make every task they needed doing
> work on 64K of memory. My how times have changed.
>
> Hugh...
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Of course everyone has different criteria for "best".

Your comments about AW5 were helpful and interesting to me. It sounds
like an excellent system.

I did procure some TO docs and managed to get UM working and play with
a couple of tutorials.