Re: The next holy grail of the A2 software world

[PZ <skierpaul@yahoo.com>]

On Aug 15, 7:43 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-6z0-this>
wrote:
>   To: Michael Kent
>   Re: Re: The next holy grail of the A2 software world
>   By: Michael Kent to comp.sys.apple2 on Wed Aug 15 2007 07:30 am
>
>  > > 2) AppleWorks GS v2.0 - self explanatory.  It exists, 99% complete.
>  >
>  > That also would be way cool to see.  I only heard of its existance at
>  > this year's KFest.  I don't know how I missed it back in the day unless
>  > someone was keeping it very under-wraps.
>
> We know Steve Disbrow (and staff> were using it to produce the last issues of
> GS+, and I believe Burger (Bill) Becky looked at the code and pronounced it
> spaghetti - but she might have a copy still.
>
> Rumor has it, the code is a mess and undocumented - and that's the reason
> Quality Computers never released it.
>
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B. Heinemann was one of the developers.  She claims that it was never
completed because of insufficient payment.  However, its known that
more than a couple people have it.  Its been verified by B. Heinemann
that it was 98-99% completed, however good enough for select beta
testing.  And yes, the code from v1.1 was a disaster from the start.

- Paul