Re: AW 1 / 2

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

In article <28hmpi$r2a@news.ysu.edu> aq046@yfn.ysu.edu (Ryan B. Simpson) writes:
> 
> Can anyone tell me the difference between Aw ver. 1 and ver. 2?
> I am thinking of upgrading and I want to know the advantages.

Try to be more specific.  "AW" could mean "AppleWorks" or
"AppleWriter".

If you mean "AppleWorks", then the main differences between version
1.0 and 2.1 are bug fixes, and the addition of support for large
memory cards (1.3 supports slot-based RAM cards, 2.0 supports the
IIgs's memory expansion slot, and 2.1 fixes bugs in the latter).

2.0 also has a mail merge facility.

There were major additions in version 3.0 (spelling checker, larger
documents, three custom printers, clipboard supports data exchanges in
any direction, more database report formats, optional pre-loading of
modules, more spreadsheet functions, and lots more).

Disadvantages with 3.0: it no longer supports 64k RAM, and if you only
have 128k, the desktop is 40k (it was 55k in earlier versions).
Getting a big memory card avoids that problem.

If you only have 5.25" drives, you have to do a lot more disk swapping
- AW 3.0 comes on three double-sided 5.25" disks, one side of which is
examples.



If you mean "AppleWriter", then there are two possible versions you
are talking about: the original 40-column AppleWriter for the Apple II,
or AppleWriter II for the IIe.

Assuming you mean AppleWriter IIe, version 2.0 is ProDOS-based, and
has a lot of new features.  I have not used AppleWriter much in the
last few years, so I don't really know much about it.

Version 2.1 has recently been re-released as Freeware.
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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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