I'll have to get back to the lady again to confirm but I have had a number
of offers so I'm sure I should be able to sort this out.

>From my reading Appleworks first came out in 1983 and went through many
incarnations eg v1.2, v1.3, v2 . From version 3 Claris was formed to look
after it up until recently when Appleworks went back to Apple's direct
control. I imagine this lady is after one of the version 1 or 2 versions
since I think by v3 it went to 3 1/2 inch disks (though 5.25 inch disks
could be specially ordered) but I could end up being proved wrong.

Unfortunately my first Mac was an LC575. Prior to this I had been using
punch cards on a DEC VAX System. After getting the LC575 I could never face
the thought of going back to anything more primitive. Now days I even find
my G4's struggling to keep up with my needs and will soon have to upgrade a
number of them to G5's. I guess whatever you use comes down to what you want
to do. I run about 13 Macs on my home network and I'm always complaining
about needing more.

Thanks
Greg Sharp


On 18/11/04 11:54 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> As the Americans like to say, 'Back in the day' before the Mac, the Apple II
> series used AppleWorks.  I think once the Mac came on the scene, AppleWorks
> may have been spun off into its own division and became Clarisworks.  By the
> time version 5 came around, the software had reverted back to Appleworks.
> From memory there was a text version for the II c/e series, and a graphic
> version for the IIGS.
> 
> If I am wrong, can the Apple historians on the list please correct me!
> 
> Seeya
> 
> Rod!