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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: C-Plus: Worth $80 for WP
Message-ID: <762@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 14:06:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.762
Posted: Mon Sep 22 14:06:57 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Sep-86 18:52:44 EDT
References: <1390001@hpvcla.UUCP>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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> Nf-ID: #N:hpvcla:1390001:000:1343
> Nf-From: hpvcla!neff    Sep 17 15:56:00 1986
> 
> Does anyone know if the Commodore Plus built in software is any good?
> Can it do footnotes in a variety of styles?  Is there a spelling
> checker?  Can it handle documents spread between several floppy disks?
> Does it support both dot matrix and daisy wheel printers?  If he buys
> an optional monitor would it display 80 columns of text?  What kind
> of monitors will it support?
> 
> The ultimate question I would like an answer to is this: For about $500
> he could put together a system with one floppy, a monitor (assuming
> its 80 columns) and a descent printer.  Would this give him a significant
> advantage over a good electric typewriter?

I wouldn't recommend the +4 for its built-in software at all.  The 3+1
package built in is rather difficult to use, and seems unnecessarily 
limited.  The WP, for example, only allows about two pages of text to be
entered (around 70-100 lines, I forget the exact number).  You could chain
text file together, but the machine HAS enough memory for probably 20-30
pages.  Also, the +4 is a 40 column only machine, and I've seen NO add
on device that even gives you a limited form of 80 column display.  For
a little bit more you could get a real word processor for the +4, but 
you'd really be better off with a C64.  There are many high quality WP
programs for the C64, and he could always upgrade to a C128 and get 80
column text and all.  

> Thanks for your insights.  Either email me or post any information about
> this machine.  Remember my friend does not care about future available
> software, he only cares about his current need for a word processer.
> 
> Dave Neff
> ihnp4!hpfcla!hpvcla!neff
>           or
> hplabs!hpvcla!neff
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	"I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and
	 for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment."
							-Gotama Buddha

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