Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleWorks Startup Program
It took a lot longer to organise than I thought it would, but at last it appears everything has been sorted out as far as sourcing the required disks. I'd like to thank everybody who offered help both on list and privately. This episode demonstrated one of the great reasons for belonging to a Mac User Group. In the beginning this invalid pensioner had her AppleWorks Startup disk destroyed by her grandkids. As a housebound pensioner one of her only means of entertainment (her old Apple Iic) couldn't be used. She lives in Sydney and when she called Apple they gave her the phone numbers to all 3 of the Sydney Mac User Groups. The first 2 she rang laughed and said no way they would be able to help so by the time she called the Sydney Mac Users Group which I also run and I heard her story I wanted to help. I also run the Australian Mac Users Group (whose aim is to help ALL Australian Mac User Groups and Mac users) and try to monitor/get involved with all the various Mac Groups in Australia. This is where WAMUG comes in. Of all the Australian groups I feel WAMUG has the best email list and a great membership based on my observations. It may seem strange with me being in Sydney but WAMUG was my first choice in seeking help. Despite a number of hick ups I got numerous offers of help. I'd like to publicly thank James/Hans Kurt, John Weekes, Andrew Nielson for their offers Kathy Quinlan, Rod, Robert Howells, Peter Hinchcliffe, Reg Whitely, Tom Lewis, Rod Finlay, Jon Davison for their suggestions (hope I didn't miss anyone) and James Fraser for eventually copying the disks and contacting the lady about the disks. The interesting thing is that James Fraser lives in Tasmania. It's funny that a Sydney Group went to a Western Australian Group to be helped by a Tasmanian. This whole process shows what can be achieved when Mac Users get together. It might seem minor to most people but to the lady involved it was a small miracle. All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://australian.macusersgroup.org
Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleworksStartup Program
On 17/11/2004, at 11:17 AM, Greg Sharp wrote: So what I'm looking for is actually a 5.25 inch Appleworks Program Disk on one side and Appleworks Startup on the other. Reading back to me from her damaged original disk it stated for 2e or 2c ProDOS etc691-007-B I'm sorry for the inconvenience especially to those who responded on and off list but still hope somebody can help. Thanks Greg Sharp What version of AppleWorks? I think it got to v4, and then went to 3.5 format because it got too big for floppies. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleworksStartup Program
o what I'm looking for is actually a 5.25 inch Appleworks Program Disk on one side and Appleworks Startup on the other. Reading back to me from her damaged original disk it stated for 2e or 2c ProDOS etc691-007-B I'm sorry for the inconvenience especially to those who responded on and off list but still hope somebody can help. Thanks Greg Sharp What version of AppleWorks? I think it got to v4, and then went to 3.5 format because it got too big for floppies. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services errr Was it not Claris works to start with, or were they using the Appleworks name before that ? Think I have a Claris version 2 on 3.5 floppy if that is any help Bob
Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleworksStartup Program
On 18/11/04 8:27 AM, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o what I'm looking for is actually a 5.25 inch Appleworks Program Disk on one side and Appleworks Startup on the other. Reading back to me from her damaged original disk it stated for 2e or 2c ProDOS etc691-007-B I'm sorry for the inconvenience especially to those who responded on and off list but still hope somebody can help. Thanks Greg Sharp What version of AppleWorks? I think it got to v4, and then went to 3.5 format because it got too big for floppies. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services errr Was it not Claris works to start with, or were they using the Appleworks name before that ? Think I have a Claris version 2 on 3.5 floppy if that is any help Bob As the Americans like to say, 'Back in the day' before the Mac, the Apple II series used AppleWorks. I think once the Mac came on the scene, AppleWorks may have been spun off into its own division and became Clarisworks. By the time version 5 came around, the software had reverted back to Appleworks. From memory there was a text version for the II c/e series, and a graphic version for the IIGS. If I am wrong, can the Apple historians on the list please correct me! Seeya Rod!
Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleworksStartup Program
I'll have to get back to the lady again to confirm but I have had a number of offers so I'm sure I should be able to sort this out. From my reading Appleworks first came out in 1983 and went through many incarnations eg v1.2, v1.3, v2 . From version 3 Claris was formed to look after it up until recently when Appleworks went back to Apple's direct control. I imagine this lady is after one of the version 1 or 2 versions since I think by v3 it went to 3 1/2 inch disks (though 5.25 inch disks could be specially ordered) but I could end up being proved wrong. Unfortunately my first Mac was an LC575. Prior to this I had been using punch cards on a DEC VAX System. After getting the LC575 I could never face the thought of going back to anything more primitive. Now days I even find my G4's struggling to keep up with my needs and will soon have to upgrade a number of them to G5's. I guess whatever you use comes down to what you want to do. I run about 13 Macs on my home network and I'm always complaining about needing more. Thanks Greg Sharp On 18/11/04 11:54 AM, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the Americans like to say, 'Back in the day' before the Mac, the Apple II series used AppleWorks. I think once the Mac came on the scene, AppleWorks may have been spun off into its own division and became Clarisworks. By the time version 5 came around, the software had reverted back to Appleworks. From memory there was a text version for the II c/e series, and a graphic version for the IIGS. If I am wrong, can the Apple historians on the list please correct me! Seeya Rod!
Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e nowAppleworksStartup Program
Greg Sharp wrote: Unfortunately my first Mac was an LC575. Prior to this I had been using punch cards on a DEC VAX System. After getting the LC575 I could never face the thought of going back to anything more primitive. Now days I even find my G4's struggling to keep up with my needs and will soon have to upgrade a number of them to G5's. I guess whatever you use comes down to what you want to do. I run about 13 Macs on my home network and I'm always complaining about needing more. Thanks Greg Sharp Hey Greg somewhere I have a punch card reader and writter (punch machine) that uses RS-422 that I used to run on my LC :) Great for nerd get togethers ;) I know the feeling re lack of computers, I have 20 here atm on the network and I just can never find what I want (I have one drive on each PC mapped to one unix server then all the other drives mapped under that shared directory, had to take this route as I was running out of drive letters in M$ winblows :( Regards, Kat. -- --- K.A.Q. Electronics Website: www.kaqelectronics.dyndns.org IM: Yahoo: PinkyDwaggy MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Everything Electronics Phone: 0419 923 731 ---
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
On 16/11/04 11:21 PM, Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet Computer Trade Centre in Walcott St have one. Anthony there has a startup disk for every Mac ever made I think. 9271 0166. Rob I know who definitely has one - Peter Hinchcliffe! I'm sure I saw one amongst the extra Apple II stuff I put in his IIG collection. Seeya Rod!
Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now Appleworks Startup Program
I'm sorry for all the hassle everyone but can you please IGNORE my previous posts. I got back to the lady and queried her over a point raised by someone on the lists where it was suggested doesn't she mean AppleWorks Startup with Appleworks program on other side not System Startup since she claims it's a double sided disk because the System Disk is only single sided. Sure enough she had given me the wrong info. So what I'm looking for is actually a 5.25 inch Appleworks Program Disk on one side and Appleworks Startup on the other. Reading back to me from her damaged original disk it stated for 2e or 2c ProDOS etc691-007-B I'm sorry for the inconvenience especially to those who responded on and off list but still hope somebody can help. Thanks Greg Sharp
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
Actually one can get such things in the NT too - that being a liberated Territory too.;) Have you tried school computing teachers? When I was in charge of a Mac school network we had whole heaps of stuff like that stored away... Tom Lewis Canberra
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
Tom Lewis wrote: Actually one can get such things in the NT too - that being a liberated Territory too.;) Have you tried school computing teachers? When I was in charge of a Mac school network we had whole heaps of stuff like that stored away... Tom Lewis Canberra Hey tom you seem to move around a bit mate ;) Well if I am reading correct, are we talking of the IIE as in the all in one keyboard and cpu box with a green mono monitor ? If so try saintbridgids college in Lesmurdie, they MAY still have a boot disk, I know in the mid 90's they were still running the IIE's Regards, Kat. -- --- K.A.Q. Electronics Website: www.kaqelectronics.dyndns.org IM: Yahoo: PinkyDwaggy MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Everything Electronics Phone: 0419 923 731 ---
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
I bet Computer Trade Centre in Walcott St have one. Anthony there has a startup disk for every Mac ever made I think. 9271 0166. Rob
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
I feel a right goose. I've cleaned up the subject line. Teach me to make posts while watching Futurama. All the best Greg Sharp On 15/11/04 10:01 AM, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you kinda missed the point on Andrew's post Greg. Have another look at your subject line..
Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e
So Greg You've cleaned up the subject line and got even less response? What do you need to do now to get your answer? ;-)) I used to teach kids with a BBC Acorn Model A with a 5.25 floppy drive, back when floppy meant floppy. We plugged a Commstar communications chip into it and logged in to Telecom's Viatel to do PEAC studies. Of course the Model A didn't have the chips in it to connect to the phone connection (First Nice Modem - 200 baud) and it took me all weekend trying and retrying all the settings to realise it wouldn't do it - so it was sent off to Perth from sunny little Burracoppin to have its right hemisphere installed. Wow, that was in 1985! Regards Reg On 15 Nov 2004, at 5:36pm, Greg Sharp wrote: I feel a right goose. I've cleaned up the subject line. Teach me to make posts while watching Futurama. All the best Greg Sharp On 15/11/04 10:01 AM, Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you kinda missed the point on Andrew's post Greg. Have another look at your subject line.. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
