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From: joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: GS/OS Software compatability
Keywords: Activision, Mediagenic...
Message-ID: <Oct.19.17.56.04.1988.27523@elbereth.rutgers.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 88 21:56:04 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Hi again folks,

   I am just settling in with my //GS and am discovering that GS/OS is
a mixed blessing for now.  In spite of Apple's statements that GS/OS
runs many (most?) prodos 16 applications without change, I have been
unable to get anything to run.  I don't have a huge library of GS
software yet, so I will share my experiences and hopefully those with
other GS applications can post their experiences so we can all make
better purchasing decisions.  I especially want to know if Multiscribe
Version 3 for the GS will run under GS/OS on a hard disk.

What Runs under GS/OS:

Ascii Express MouseTalk - This doesn't really even run under prodos
16, it runs under prodos 8, but it seems to launch and return to the
GS Finder without problems.

What doesn't run under GS/OS:

Paintworks Plus - Activision
Paintworks Gold - Activision
Music Studio 2.0 - Activision
Writer's Choice Elite - Activision
Draw Plus - Activision (this launches but doesn't run right)

Activision (now MediaGenic) claims that updates for registered users
will be coming "in a month or so."  It is the "or so" that worries me.
Since I own all five of these, if there is a charge levied for the
upgrade I am going to be quite angry (and poor). 

Seymour