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From: akk2@ur-tut (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: The FullWrite 1 Meg controversy
Keywords: FullWrite
Message-ID: <2120@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 88 21:17:33 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Computing Center
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We have recently seen a spate of postings on what you can and can't do with
SidebarWrite, er... FullWrite.  Can you run it on a 1 Meg Mac or not? Can you
do multiple and single columns on a single page?  etcetera, etcetera..

Chuq Von Rospach is correct in suggesting that people who have only tried the
demo version of FullWrite, keep their mouth shut or barring that qualify all
their postings with the preface - " I have only tried it on the demo version".
These postings only add to the confusion and as Chuq points out is not fair to
Ashton-Tate (Restrict your flaming for Microsoft ;-)).

However, the 1 Meg controversy has still to be resolved.  Perhaps someone who 
has a 1Meg Mac AND has the shrink-wrap version of FullWrite can give a
definitive answer.  

So far as I understand, you can run FullWrite on a 1 Meg machine, however it
can be slow.  How slow?

What is the size of the largest document you can create on a 1 Meg Mac, that
has only text, before FullWrite complains about not having enough memry to
work with?  How about a document that has a half page graphic on each page?
What is the largest document size in that case?

What happens if someone creates a humongous document on a 5Meg machine and
hands it to someone who only has a 1Meg machine?  Will FullWrite be able to 
open that document?  If not does it give the user an option to use only a
portion of the document at a time?

These, I feel, are extremely important questions in view of the current
shortage of 1Meg SIMMS.  The shortage will in all likelihood last well into
1989 and answers like -"Go and buy more memory if you want to use FullWrite"
are just not reasonable.

Comments?  Answers?

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Atul Kacker  |     Internet: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu
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