Re: Superworks for sale?

[Jeff Wisnia <jwisnia@110.net>]

Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> Be aware that conversion to Superworks is a one-way street. The program has
> no provision for saving in any format but its own, not even TXT nor DIF
> formats. It's too early to know where you will be in the future, but early
> reports I've seen of DOS program compatibility with Windows XP are not
> promising.
>
> I think you'd be as well or better off running Appleworks under a good
> emulation such as Apple Oasis, if you really don't care to run Microsoft
> Works or something similar.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
>
> "Steve Hartz" <SHARTZ@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:mtNp7.54810$Iq4.29088985@typhoon.columbus.rr.com...
> > Does anyone have a copy of superworks for use on my IBM machine?  I miss
> > Appleowrks and this emulator is supposed to be ok..
> >
> > Reply to SHartz40@yahoo.com
> >
> >

Close, but not quite right, Tom. Superworks 3.1 can export database data in
dBase format, which can be sucked right in by Microsoft Works. It can also
"print to file" a database file. The word processor module can export text
files. I'm not sure about the Spreadsheet module though, you may be right about
that one.

Maybe you were referring to an earlier version of SuperWorks?

I certainly agree with your comments about SuperWorks. In today's world it's a
dinosaur, useful only for it's antique value. However I do have one employee in
my business _still_ using SuperWorks to maintain some infrequently used
databases she'd started long ago on Appleworks on her //e. I'd used Crossworks
to ship her data over to her PC about 8 years ago. She seems cool with it, and
I don't have the heart to force her to change...

If anybody reading this wants to play with SuperWorks, email me. The publisher
seems to have gone underground anyway.

Jeff

Jeff Wisnia    W1BSV     Brass Rat '57 ee

"Things which go away by themselves usually come back by themselves."