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From: domeshek@crown.ils.nwu.edu (Eric Domeshek)
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Subject: Re: MS Works on a T1000SE
Keywords: T1000SE Works
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Date: 22 Feb 90 16:15:12 GMT
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In-reply-to: desmond@gvlv2.GVL.Unisys.COM (Ned Desmond)


 > After reviewing a couple of integrated software comparison articles in recent
 > PC Trades (Inforword 2/5 & PC Week 1/22), I'm condidering MS Works for PC 2.0
 > for use on my T1000SE.  It seems to have everything I would need (Spreadsheet
 > that can transfer to/from 1-2-3, good WP with preview, OK DB, Graphics, 
 > xmodem file xfr, VT100 emulation, spell check, and thesaurus).  It is all on 
 > two 720K disks or one? T1000SE 1.4M disk.  All for under $100,  sounds too
 > good to be true.

I have recently been using MS-Works 2.0 on a Toshiba 1000 (not SE) with a
768K hard ram-disk.  In that space, I can fit the Works program and it's
extensive Help files (but not its tutorial lessons).  I was not able to load
the spell dictionary and thesaurus.  I'm pretty sure that a single 1.4Meg
floppy would hold the whole thing.  Throwing away the help files, I can fit a
general file-utility program, a version of Emacs and have lots of room for
files too.

The program itself is pretty nice, though I really haven't made extensive use
of all its facilities.  I wish my machine ran a bit faster (but of course the
SE does).  One complaint so far: I believe the COMM section offers vt52 and
ANSI terminal support; ANSI is supposed to be like vt100, but GNU-EMACS on my
office machine frequently munges the screen.  Another glitch: saving just
TEXT from the word processor and then sending that file as TEXT to my office
machine hangs up; I believe this is because WORKS turns each paragraph into
one long line and then something (a buffer somewhere in UNIX or its CAT
command?) chokes on it.

Still, all in all, a fun toy and a great buy.  It should work very well on a
1000SE with 2 meg ram-disk.

-Eric