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From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite Professional
Message-ID: <2730@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 04:06:37 GMT
References: <8805172016.AA09499@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <8805172016.AA09499@decwrl.dec.com> long@colors.dec.com (Now HE will ask the questions!) writes:
>Hi everyone,
>  DOESN'T IT BOTHER ANYBODY THAT IT WON'T FIT ON A FLOPPY UNLESS
>THE CODE RESOURCES ARE PACKED????!!!!?!?!?

   No, big powerful programs shouldn't have to constrain themselves to the
size of a floppy.  PageMake 3.0 doesn't fit on a floppy either, does that
mean I shouldn't use it if it does the things I need it to do.

>  I've seen the demo version and it doesn't look THAT much more capable
>than Word to justify an executable of that size.  

   That's because you've only SEEN it, you haven't USED it.  Have word keep
track of digagram numbers, and the pages that they are on, oh and don't 
forget to do the bibliography at the end of the document.

>  I also understand that FWP doesn't even run on a 1MB Mac.  DOESN'T 
>THIS BOTHER ANYBODY EITHER???!?!!?

   It runs on a 1 meg machine, it's just not very comfortable, it like some
more room than that, most of the sophisticated software these days requires
more than a Meg of RAM.  No one seems to mind any of the CAD/CAM systems
chomping on memory.  And besides if they limited it to 1 meg of RAM it's
wouldn't be as powerful as it is.


David M. O'Rourke

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