Re: AW3 printers when copy to 3.5"

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <D2sxM4.9pH@dorsai.org>,
James OReilly <joreilly@news.dorsai.org> wrote:
> 	I copied my AW3 from the 5.25" disks to a 3.5" disk to use on my
> IIgs (taking care of course not to copy duplicate programs).  On my IIc my
> Juki 6100 daisy wheel printer had run with no problems (it is a standard
> optional printer).  On the IIgs, the program runs fine except for the
> printer.  [snip]

Something weird is going on here.  The only thing I can think of is
something you have set strangely in the IIgs control panel.  Are all
of the Printer Port settings set to their default values (marked with
a check character)?

The versions of AppleWorks 3 supplied on 5.25" and 3.5" disks are
identical except for one file: the dictionary is larger for the 3.5"
version.

> 	I have installed a new printer driver but that has not solved my 
> problems.  If I got AW4 or AW5 would that solve my problems?

I doubt it.

> Does it matter which model A2 you specify when you order AW?

No, assuming the version you want to use will run on the machine.

AppleWorks 2.1 and earlier will run on any Apple IIe, IIc or IIgs
(version 2.0 has some problems on a IIgs with a large amount of memory,
and versions 1.3 and earlier don't know about the IIgs's extended
memory).

AppleWorks 3.0 through 4.3 will run on any IIgs, IIc or 128k Apple
IIe. 

AppleWorks 5.0 will run on any IIgs, or a IIc or enhanced IIe with at
least 256k of RAM.

Some versions (particularly 2.1 and earlier) can be patched to run on
older machines. 


The only other consideration is the disk drive - version 5.0 requires
a 3.5" drive or hard drive.
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
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