Re: AppleWorks 3 + RamFactor + RamWorks 3 = what?

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Oct 1, 1:30 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> AppleWorks 3 was still primarily an Apple/Claris product, so it is
> unlikely that they included support for third-party auxiliary slot bank
> switched cards, because Apple didn't make any cards like that.
>
> AppleWorks 4 and later were more heavily driven by Beagle Bros, so it is
> more likely that they included drivers which people actually wanted to
> use.
>

David,

I can assure you that AW3 was heavily influenced by Beagle Bros. Randy
Brandt and Mark Munz, among many other contemporary Beagle
programmers, were contracted by Claris/Apple to do the rewrite and
such. It's codename was "Spike." I know for a fact, for example, that
a lot of the rewrites had to do with third-party hardware and software
(such as Beagle's own Timeout series). Patching AW2 for Timeout was
really tricky, for example, while there was virtually no patching to
make a timeout module work with AW3.

I know this because at the time I was working for Beagle Bros doing
end-user tech support, from 1988 to 1991. 'Twas my first job in the
industry.

That said, I couldn't recall if RamWorks-style memory was supported at
that point or later, or what would happen with multiple cards.

Now that I'm chatting about it, I think I may recall that Mark Munz's
AppleWorks 3.0 Companion may allow for enabling or disabling drivers.
I'll have to dig that disk out.

-Warr