Re: Looking for "Superworks"

[lvincent@fact.tcf.com (Lou Vincenti)]

Mike McCabe (mike@touchngo.com) wrote:

: A year or more ago, I heard of a program on one of the 
: appleII newsgroups called 'superworks' that was supposed 
: to be a workalike to appleworks on a PC.

: Does anyone know where to find this?  Is it commercial?

Yes, it does exist and (no pun intended) it is a Super DOS program
that is a clone of AppleWorks Classic 3.0.  It is distributed by 
Remarkable Technologies, 245 Pegasus Ave., Northvale NJ 07647. By 
phone at 800-782-1955.

: My dad's been working on a IIc for some years now, and I 
: just figured out how to connect to it with a null-modem.  
: I'd like to rescue his files and set him up on our PC, a 
: slightly more capacious machine.  He's doing well with 
: Appleworks now, but he runs into the limits of the IIc 
: often, and I'd like to convert him to a more modern 
: machine in the most painless way possible.
: I've seen mention of the afe-appleworks converter, but I 
: don't think I can get him to switch machines unless I give 
: him something like what he already knows.

The best bet for transferring between machines is CrossWorks which 
should still be available from Quality Computers.  If your dad is 
using some version of AWKS higher than 3.0 it gets a little tricky 
to transfer spreadsheets...txt files are no problem no matter what 
version of AWKS he is using.  CrossWorks is a cable link and software 
program that handles a whole lot of transfers and translations.

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