Re: more newbie IIgs Qs

[Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Hi again John,

Of course this is only my opinion, but there are better methods
of doing most of the things which Appleworks GS does. This was
a program with great ideas but lacked the power to truly fulfill
most of them. To top it off, it really needs a high powered GS
to perform adequately. I think it's saving grace is the desktop
publishing capabilities.

For power and speed, the text mode Appleworks is best. Run it
on an beefed up IIe and it's a powerhouse. To see an example,
use the Apple Oasis emulator, configure it for 1 meg aux ram
and set the cpu speed to 5 mhz (or what your PC can handle) then
put AW to the test. I used this awhile back to print a manual
for Hyper C. I wanted the text to be combined in certain ways.

After (a lot of) editing, I sent the output through Oasis'
printer slot to a printer utility called klikbook. This turned
out pretty nice too. It resulted in a set of booklets that were
4.25" x 5.5"

Unfortunately, I did this at the place I was working at and never
got a chance to get it copied off the computer before I got
injured. Oh well, perhaps I'll tackle this again someday.

-- 

Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
or at least interesting.

Phoenyx,

Apple2 user since March 1984

Links to Phoenyx's pages:
preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2