Re: PrintShop IIgs problems

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Geof Gonter (ggonter@together.net) wrote:
: In article <pEcT.34$Gq2.259849@ptah.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan
: Mates) wrote:
: 
: >In article <256962526.4839152@logicbbs.org>,
: >Jim Low <Jim.Low@logicbbs.org> wrote:
: >>I recently added a ROM 3 Apple IIgs to my network of computers, and
: >>discovered that PrintShop IIgs doesn't work on it.  I end up with *
: >>on the screen when I try to launch it.  I made sure AppleTalk was
: >>off.  Any solution to this?
: >
: >   There may be a patch eventually for that, but remember that
: >PrintShop GS was one of the first GS programs done, and so had *many*
: >faults and problems. It was more of a //e version on a 3.5" disk and
: >splashier graphics than a true GS program. [Well, with Apple
: >forgetting to put enough ram in the initial GSs, you couldn't load
: >their fancy new OS, and the tools, and a program worth running, let
: >alone space-eating graphics. So they had to ditch the nice GS
: >programming environment just to get the thing out the door.]
: 
: Actually, there is a version that works well with the ROM1, but would not
: work with the ROM3 at all. Broderbund made those copyable, so one could
: load them on their hard drives. Supposedly the next version worked on the
: ROM3 wersion, without a problem. I have the first one, but the box and the
: disks just say "IIGS Version". There is no version number listed when it
: boots either.

To the best of my knowledge, only two versions of PSGS were released: 1.0
(copy protected) and 1.1 (non copy protected). I sent $10 to Broderbund
to upgrade the one to the other.

-Gareth