Re: Looking for WP software for AppleII emulator

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Byron Q. Desnoyers Wimill wrote:

>In article <20021119160805.05599.00002634@mb-mq.aol.com> you wrote:
>> I have Bernie the rescue.  I own AppleWorks for the Macintosh, but I am
looking
>> for AppleWorks or some Word Processing software for my Apple II emulator.
>
>These are by no means the same piece of software.  In fact, AppleWorks on
>the Macintosh was called ClarisWorks until recently.  AppleWorks was
>certainly the best word processor I used on the Apple II, and is one of
>the best word processors I have used.  Unlike modern word processors, it
>is not cluttered with useless features (IMHO).  FrEd writer was also
>quite useful.
>
>> Also I'd like to save some files using an Apple II Word processor that few
if
>> any will be able to read.  
>
>That is a bad assumption.  It is rather easy to find software which can
>import AppleWorks files (ClarisWorks is one).  Some word processors will
>also use plain text with embedded control codes, which make it pretty
>easy to figure out what was written.  The most obscure part will be those
>strange black disks!

Particularly if they are ProDOS 5.25" Apple II floppies.  ;-)

Unfortunately, if he is using an emulator, then the disks he writes will be
"readable in principle" by any computer with a floppy drive--unless he
goes out of his way to create an 800kB ProDOS 3.5" disk.

-michael

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