Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!NIEHS.BITNET!ALBRO From: ALBRO@NIEHS.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: RE: Re: AppleWorks 3.0 limitation on 5.25" disks Message-ID: <8907111514.aa22650@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 11 Jul 89 18:38:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 >From: "Chuck L. Still" >Subject: Re: AppleWorks 3.0 limitation on 5.25" Disks >I would like to add my 2 bits to this discussion. I have a hard drive >and 2 5.25" dirves on my system. I don't see why I should have to buy >a 3.5" drive just to load the full dictionary onto my HD. We should be >given the option at least to have the full spelling dictionary on the >5.25" floppies, we are paying the same price for the up-grade. We are >the only ones that really know how our system will be used and what we >are willing to put up with in disk wwapping, etc. >Chuck Still Since it seems reasonable to you to demand that Claris find a way to supply you with a usable file on a 5 1/4" disk even though the file is bigger than 144K, it should seem reasonable for you to demand that they supply the dictionary file as a ShrinkIT archive (which probably would fit on one 5 1/4 " floppy), along with a copy of ShrinkIT so you could unshrink it onto your hard disk. This would in fact work, but if you manage to talk Claris into doing it, please record the argument used! It should come in handy for all sorts of things in the future!