Re: Best option for writing (book) on Apple II

[paulrsm <paul.rsm@att.net>]

On Mar 21, 3:18 pm, zwsdot...@gmail.com wrote:
> For personal reasons, I want to write my next book entirely on an 8-
> bit system.
> What WP software should I use for the easiest import to a modern WP
> when I'm ready to send the mss. off to the publisher? I have
> AppleWorks, and that's about it right now - I haven't seen an obvious
> way to get AppleWorks docs into any readable format. I don't want to
> print direct from the Apple II.

There is a program called CrossWorks.  It has two parts.  First is
communications software and a serial cable for transferring files
to and from an Apple II and an MS-DOS computer.  The second
converts Appleworks files (up to version 3) to various MS-DOS
formats.

Any Apple II word processor that can export plain ASCII files will
work.  For bold, italic, and underline you can use generic markers
(like HTML <B>, <I>, and <U>) and edit them in the final formatting
pass.

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Paul R. Santa-Maria
Maumee, Ohio USA