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From: fiddler@concertina.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need Advice for Mac XL (was: Re: Love the machine, hate the Co.)
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Date: 12 Feb 90 19:26:50 GMT
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In article <2754@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>, kscott@cca.ucsf.edu (Kevin Scott) writes:
> 
> I am about (actually, my mother is about) to get an old Lisa refurbished as
> a macintosh to do word processing.  I would like to have her use MS word, 
> because it is a program I am familiar with (if she calls with a question).
> 
> I would like to know
> 
> A) Any advice you have for the owner of a mac XL.
> B) What is the latest version of word for a 64k ROM.
> C) Wht is the best sys/finder for a 64k ROM with word.

Have your mom (or you) talk to the people at Sun Remarketing (Logan, UT).

Their current version of the MacXL operates as a Mac Plus...128K ROMs.

They say it works fine with the current version of MS Word.

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