Re: Appleworks v5

["M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

A2MG <a2mg@aol.comNomail> wrote in message
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> Why version 5.0? The lastest and last version of AppleWorks for the
> Apple II is version 5.1.

Because I have version 2.0, which barfs when exposed to dates after Y2K.  I
*would* install 5.1 if I had it; is it available elsewhere on Asimov or some
other file repository?

> The uploads on Asimov are pirated copies and (especially the
> "subdirectory" version) were put there by somebody who didn't
> know what they were doing.

Does anyone know if they are actually 'pirate' software?  I thought they
were just abandonware--they certainly don't have any of the usual
indications of pirateware.

Thanks,

- Mike