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Re: WriteNow - ancient wordprocessor

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From: ric
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00
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Bruce Horrocks <bh@granby.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Richard Walwyn wrote:
> > 
> > I have an old friend - he is 74 actually - who has used WriteNow on his
> > IIcx since 1989 and thus has many hundreds of precious WriteNow files.He
> > now needs to use the web, and the old IIcx is due to be pensioned off. The
> > problem is that the version of WriteNow he has is not 32-bit-clean, so will
> > not run on a new Mac. I believe there may have been a 32 bit clean version
> > of the program, but it has been out of production for some time. Does
> > anyone have any suggestion as to a possible source?
> 

> Regards,

I've got version 4, and it runs perfectly happily on a PowerMac7200, and
it is certainly 32 bit clean. You might want to try either Macline, or
DabsDIrect.
-- 
'ric
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Subject: Re: WriteNow - ancient wordprocessor
Date: 1997/12/01
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