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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Macintosh-->ProDOS
Summary: Bad news
Message-ID: <1153@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 25 Feb 90 03:15:55 GMT
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In article <8805@wpi.wpi.edu>, greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender) writes:
> 
> We have two IIes, and a IIgs, but the IIgs belongs to one of the 
> people who run the group.  
> 
> Wherein lies the relevant content?  The lady who owns the IIgs has
> Publish-It!  for the IIgs.  She's going to be getting a mac soon
> and doesn't want to pay the $350 to get the mac version of Publish-It!
> 
> Is there a way to get the II series version of publish it to run on
> the mac so that my group can get her IIgs to use?
> 
First off, let me say that I am a *huge* fan of Publish-it! and in particular
Publish-it!2. However, it's very slow on a //e or //c without an accelerator
and /ram card to run it from. The program for running Apple // programs on the
Mac is called ][ in a Mac. It's been awhile since I owned it but at that time
it would run at %40 percent of the speed of a //e. If I recall correctly, it 
only emulated a //e with two 5 1/4 drives. I honestly think that it would be
far more trouble than it's worth to run it on the Mac. Another factor is that
Publish-It! for the Mac has a *huge* number of utilities for xfering files and
pictures from different Mac formats and sources. In other words it's really
worth the difference in price, particularly when you allow for not having to
spend $100.00+ for ][ in a Mac. If you have Apple ]['s you should have 
Publish-it!. Why not buy her a copy of the Mac version? Then you've both
got the best of each world for an extremely low cost. After all, $350 for
a ][GS and Publish-it! is quite a bargain!!!!! 

> ---
> Michael J Pender Jr  Box 1942 c/o W.P.I.   W.O.S. is not dead.


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*   bob church  bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu                       *
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*  If economics isn't an "exact" science why do computers crash    *
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P.S. You probably already know this but *never* buy from the software
publisher. You can save a considerable amount by going through a mail
order house like Programs Plus or Mac Connection. I don't have any Mac
magazines around so I can't give you exact figures. Good hunting!