Re: 2300c Minus Word processing

[Remy Davison]

>>Believe it or not, PowerBooks didn't come with a Works package. They
>>still don't. Only consumer machines (iMac/iBook) get bundled software
>>like that. The 190/5300/2300 certainly didn't.
>
>I'm sorry, Remy, but I have to disagree here. (Maybe Apple's sales/bundling
>policy was different in Germany?) My PowerBook 190cs definitely came with
>ClarisWorks 4.0, and my ex-wife's PowerBook G3/500 did come with AppleWorks
>6.
I did note elsewhere that the PBs were bundled with AW 6.0 more recently. 
But the bundling is different from market-to-market. Non-Nth American 
iMacs and iBooks in a number of countries did not come with Quicken, for 
instance. 

I bought 3 new 5300s and 190s and none came with anything but MacLinkPlus 
8. I think the 1400s came with Organizer and Lombards came only with 
FaxSTF. Wallstreets had Now Uptodate & Contact, IIRC.

Cheers,

RD

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Re: 2300c Minus Word processing

[Dr.O.M.Betz]

>>  We acquired a nice 2300c for our kindergarten room. I've worked with
>>Macs for some years but am still learning the specifics of this
>>notebook. It came with 8.6  and a ton of extra software. I can't believe
>>it but I can find no word processing program???

>Believe it or not, PowerBooks didn't come with a Works package. They
>still don't. Only consumer machines (iMac/iBook) get bundled software
>like that. The 190/5300/2300 certainly didn't.

I'm sorry, Remy, but I have to disagree here. (Maybe Apple's sales/bundling
policy was different in Germany?) My PowerBook 190cs definitely came with
ClarisWorks 4.0, and my ex-wife's PowerBook G3/500 did come with AppleWorks
6.

>You could simply d/l the
>old Nisus Writer (4.2 I think) or the recently-removed WordPerfect 3.5
>(but about a 35MB d/l). You're probably best off finding a $5 LCII
>someone's junking and getting ClarisWorks off that (I have so many
>copies, they're coming out of my ears, but the postage from where I am
>would kill you). Should also be plenty of inexpensive copies on ebay.
>
>Word 5.1 (you can also freely d/l Word 6 & 97/98 translators, which also
>work with Word 97/98/2000/2001) works well on the 2300. Invest in a copy
>of SpeedDoubler 8 (truly, believe me). AppleWorks 5.0x works very well on
>the 2300 and is bundled with MacLinkPlus translators which'll do most of
>what you want (convert to/from Excel and so on). AppleWorks 6.0 doesn't
>come with the translators AFAIK.

And there should be also an abandonware WriteNow out there, a fine software
package if you like it complete but light. And there's MarinerWrite, and so
on, so you'd best go to your favorite Mac download site and look for
freeware word processors to choose the one that fits your requirements
best..

Cheers, OM

Experienced kindergarten father


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Re: 2300c Minus Word processing

[Remy Davison]

>   We acquired a nice 2300c for our kindergarten room. I've worked with
>Macs for some years but am still learning the specifics of this
>notebook. It came with 8.6  and a ton of extra software. I can't believe
>it but I can find no word processing program??? There is no Clarisworks,
>no Appleworks, no Microsoft Word, no Nissus Writer...  nothing, zip,
>nada. Can this be done? Can you install system software and not install
>the default word processor? 
>   With all of the programs on this thing (I was told it was used in
>corporate business), I can't imagine it not having a word processor !?
>Please excuse the rant, I just didn't expect this. Anyway, I have OS 8.5
>on CD. Is there any way to put Clarisworks on this 2300? I'm assuming
>that 8.5 has some sort of default word processor on it.
Believe it or not, PowerBooks didn't come with a Works package. They 
still don't. Only consumer machines (iMac/iBook) get bundled software 
like that. The 190/5300/2300 certainly didn't. You could simply d/l the 
old Nisus Writer (4.2 I think) or the recently-removed WordPerfect 3.5 
(but about a 35MB d/l). You're probably best off finding a $5 LCII 
someone's junking and getting ClarisWorks off that (I have so many 
copies, they're coming out of my ears, but the postage from where I am 
would kill you). Should also be plenty of inexpensive copies on ebay.

Word 5.1 (you can also freely d/l Word 6 & 97/98 translators, which also 
work with Word 97/98/2000/2001) works well on the 2300. Invest in a copy 
of SpeedDoubler 8 (truly, believe me). AppleWorks 5.0x works very well on 
the 2300 and is bundled with MacLinkPlus translators which'll do most of 
what you want (convert to/from Excel and so on). AppleWorks 6.0 doesn't 
come with the translators AFAIK. 

If you have it, I'd recommend 8.1 or 7.6 on the 2300. 8.5 is a bit too 
heavy duty, although go for it if that's what you have. Then do the free 
8.6 update.  You can AppleTalk the 2300 to a desktop with a CD ROM if you 
don't have Dock.

Cheers,

RD

Remy Davison
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2300c Minus Word processing

[tbrock]

We acquired a nice 2300c for our kindergarten room. I've worked with
Macs for some years but am still learning the specifics of this
notebook. It came with 8.6  and a ton of extra software. I can't believe
it but I can find no word processing program??? There is no Clarisworks,
no Appleworks, no Microsoft Word, no Nissus Writer...  nothing, zip,
nada. Can this be done? Can you install system software and not install
the default word processor? 
With all of the programs on this thing (I was told it was used in
corporate business), I can't imagine it not having a word processor !?
Please excuse the rant, I just didn't expect this. Anyway, I have OS 8.5
on CD. Is there any way to put Clarisworks on this 2300? I'm assuming
that 8.5 has some sort of default word processor on it.

Your replies are sincerely appreciated,

Thomas & The Kinders

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