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From: nakada@husc7.HARVARD.EDU (Paul Nakada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APPLEWORKS on an APPLE II Plus
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Date: 5 Apr 88 13:24:34 GMT
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In article <5490@uwmcsd1.UUCP> aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) writes:
:Also, what can be done to avoid the obvious hassel involved due to the 
:lack of an open-apple key on my Apple II+ keyboard? I ima|ine that the 
:solution has to do with using the paddle buttons, also I need some sort
:of lower-case converter for my keyboard.
:
:Put simply, I would like to know what the cheapest meathod is for getting
:Appleworks to run on a II+ (for the least pmount of money.
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the cheapest method is to buy the Applied Engineering 80 column card for
the ][+ (viewmaster, i think)  It has a patch which allows one to use
Appleworks with 64K (and a lot of disk access).   The lower case problem
can be solved with something called the shift key mod which doesn't use
a paddle input, but takes advantage of a shift lock circuit that wasn't 
implemented on the keyboarfd encoder board (it's *very* simple).
the 80 col board lists for something around $140, but it can be had for cheaper.
I'm not sureabout the compatibility with AW 2.0, but it is definitely something
to consider.  hope this helps...
-paul

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