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Favourite app, utility, control panel or extension.
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RadioPatrol
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Gravte ? (spelled in a french kinda way) - the icons would pivot at the point you grabbed them, like gravity was pulling on them ...... as you drug them across the screen
coius
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there used to be an extension, that if you dragged the icons while holding the keys, you could *throw* them and they would crash into the sides of the screen, or drop them and they would crash at the bottom of the screen. Of course, when the key was let go, it would go back to normal
They also had the virtual stapler, and virtual viagra (where when you started the program, you clicked the mouse, and the mouse would grow by up to x800 than the original mouse. You then heard a voice that said "Whoa hohoho!" when you clicked again, the mouse would go back to normal, and then you heard the voice" Aww...")
They also had the virtual stapler, and virtual viagra (where when you started the program, you clicked the mouse, and the mouse would grow by up to x800 than the original mouse. You then heard a voice that said "Whoa hohoho!" when you clicked again, the mouse would go back to normal, and then you heard the voice" Aww...")
heebiejeebies
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Return to Zork (played most of it a few months ago but got stuck on one of the last puzzles!)
HyperCard!
PhrazeCrazePlus and Carmen Sandiego (two games I've had since the dawn of time, so it seems. Never get sick of them.)
Oh and there was this awesome programme circa system 7.5 that changed the look of the entire system. All the menus, radio buttons, check boxes etc. Does anyone remember it? From memory I think it made the radio buttons look like cracked eggs in their shells, viewed from above, with green yolk. I'm sure you can all imagine that.
HyperCard!
PhrazeCrazePlus and Carmen Sandiego (two games I've had since the dawn of time, so it seems. Never get sick of them.)
Oh and there was this awesome programme circa system 7.5 that changed the look of the entire system. All the menus, radio buttons, check boxes etc. Does anyone remember it? From memory I think it made the radio buttons look like cracked eggs in their shells, viewed from above, with green yolk. I'm sure you can all imagine that.
RadioPatrol
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Oddest Software:
Ahem .....
Koff Koff .....
MAC Playmate .......... lame click here I'll take that off Gray Scale Nudity
Psycho .... Mass Murder Game - not graphic, but the intent aka world view sure was bent .... kill people, steal stuff - you could go on a rampage, but then the Cops showed up, and ended the game for you .... aka you died (programed with World Builder?)
there was also a save the princess, kill the evil wizard game made with to as well ......... i'll have to dig
Ahem .....
Koff Koff .....
MAC Playmate .......... lame click here I'll take that off Gray Scale Nudity
Psycho .... Mass Murder Game - not graphic, but the intent aka world view sure was bent .... kill people, steal stuff - you could go on a rampage, but then the Cops showed up, and ended the game for you .... aka you died (programed with World Builder?)
there was also a save the princess, kill the evil wizard game made with to as well ......... i'll have to dig
ALSO Write Now 3.0. This was a consumate application — extremely fast and brilliantly written and stored on merely two floppies. It had an excellent dictionary and features that even some full blown WP's didn't have. It held the record for the world's fastest start-up for a WP. There was a surprisingly good 'Help' facility. I have collected every version, the last of which was V.4.X. I liked this version even more for it's potential, but it proved to be buggy on my CPU's. It is a pity that WN was not developed for the new Macs. IMHO it established the high water mark for a practical, everyday WP for 'The Rest of Us' that nevertheless was elegant.
equill
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I've used WriteNow since (without regret) leaving behind the (very) rudimentary Sandy's Word Processor on Apple IIe. Versions 2, 3 and 4 of WN have served us both very well in System 6 & 7 and OS 8 & 9, and we still use v4.0.2 in Classic Mode under Tiger, Panther and Jaguar. My wife's recent PhD Thesis was written entirely in WriteNow 4 under Panther, footnotes and all. However, for its printing I had to pass the text through .rtf, .doc and .pdf, and of all those stages, Word was the greatest pain.
WriteNow's greatest disability was its variety of owners, the last of whom gave the impression that they bought it in order to bury it.
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WriteNow's greatest disability was its variety of owners, the last of whom gave the impression that they bought it in order to bury it.
de
Hi equil: Thanks for the comment. Your post was very interesting. What do you think your wife found in Write Now that made it so useful — say over AppleWorks, or more aptly considering that she was writing a thesis — Nisus Writer? And a question: was there a footnote facility in V. 4.2? (I have an old app called End Note 2 Plus but I've never used it.)
I am thinking that when you dumped the whole bag into RTF and then into Word, you must have lost a lot of formatting. Just how bad was it? I took 'Classic' out of our eMac. My Intel MacBook would puuke WN out. This leaves only my PB-3400 which cannot access our USB printers. I retired our Stylewriters when they got very tired and a PITA. So, I am facing a similar situation.
I am thinking that when you dumped the whole bag into RTF and then into Word, you must have lost a lot of formatting. Just how bad was it? I took 'Classic' out of our eMac. My Intel MacBook would puuke WN out. This leaves only my PB-3400 which cannot access our USB printers. I retired our Stylewriters when they got very tired and a PITA. So, I am facing a similar situation.
equill
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My wife's machine is an eMac 1GHz, although the thesis was begun on an iMac CRT 500MHz. The progression .wn4-.rtf-.doc-.pdf was intended not to lose formatting, and it did not. Some minor fiddling in Word (Office 2004) was needed to re-settle page size, section breaks for chapter headings and some other trivia, but WriteNow's ability to export in .rtf made it safe enough for 2vv and 400+ pages. Even the footnotes made the transition without hiccup, as did such things as reduced-measure double-indent quotation paragraphs, glossarized terms and more.
As for why we continue with WN? There has been no incentive to use anything else domestically—and that has included formal minutes of organization meetings, extended tabulations, an in-house newsletter, all correspondence, ad inf.—because it just works on every one of the 35-odd working Macs in the house, and its documents readily pass through the LAN when that is needed. Its features are adequate, and don't impede as MS's feachers do. It transfers readily to Word when I need to do so for those of my clients (ca 103%) who are trapped in the toils of MS.
Because WN was written in machine language I can understand its antipathy towards (and from) Intel Macs. Fortunately, that isn't yet a problem for us. Our principal printer is a USB hp 930C (still), which has no difficulty with either OS X (10.2.8 to 10.4.10), Classic Mode or Beige boxes with PCI USB cards. So useful is it that I have no pressing need to set up the 'resting' StyleWriters (1200, 4500) or LaserWriters (PLW300, 16/600PS).
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As for why we continue with WN? There has been no incentive to use anything else domestically—and that has included formal minutes of organization meetings, extended tabulations, an in-house newsletter, all correspondence, ad inf.—because it just works on every one of the 35-odd working Macs in the house, and its documents readily pass through the LAN when that is needed. Its features are adequate, and don't impede as MS's feachers do. It transfers readily to Word when I need to do so for those of my clients (ca 103%) who are trapped in the toils of MS.
Because WN was written in machine language I can understand its antipathy towards (and from) Intel Macs. Fortunately, that isn't yet a problem for us. Our principal printer is a USB hp 930C (still), which has no difficulty with either OS X (10.2.8 to 10.4.10), Classic Mode or Beige boxes with PCI USB cards. So useful is it that I have no pressing need to set up the 'resting' StyleWriters (1200, 4500) or LaserWriters (PLW300, 16/600PS).
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Scott Baret
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I thought of another classic...
Cairo Shoot Out. Shareware, for $3, it's an unbeatable deal for an awesome game. Practice it on an LC in 256 color mode on the "Slow by 4" option. It's especially challenging on an SE/30.
The only thing I'm unsure of on this one is if the shareware fees are still around. Unlocked copies were put into the public domain after Duhane died but at the same time the shareware ones were still being passed around. I registered one in 1999 and got the key code, probably from Duhane's parents, plus it was passed around in that form on LaCie drives as late as 1993. Anyone who knows more about this should let me know...but I still would refrain from passing around unlocked shareware copies if I were you.
Cairo Shoot Out. Shareware, for $3, it's an unbeatable deal for an awesome game. Practice it on an LC in 256 color mode on the "Slow by 4" option. It's especially challenging on an SE/30.
The only thing I'm unsure of on this one is if the shareware fees are still around. Unlocked copies were put into the public domain after Duhane died but at the same time the shareware ones were still being passed around. I registered one in 1999 and got the key code, probably from Duhane's parents, plus it was passed around in that form on LaCie drives as late as 1993. Anyone who knows more about this should let me know...but I still would refrain from passing around unlocked shareware copies if I were you.
Flamingtoasters
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MYST!!!!!!!!!!
equill — you've fired me up! I'm strapping on the 3400, replacing the fried USB external FDD on the eMac and going back to WN as my main WP. AppleWorks 6 gets weird on my OS X. And Word just puts me off from writing. I was trying to find a modern WP and failing to see something I really want. So I'm going back!
I found this interesting, and I am sure equill and his spouse will at least find it tangentially interesting — if they have not already been to the site:
http://www.macease.com/writenow-latest_info.html
The site owner is a dedicated WN fan. He has elected Mariner Write as WN's sucessor. And he laments the fact that there is no translator for running WN docs into Mariner. Despte being a Mariner user, he still uses WN a lot and has developed an enhanement suit for the app that seems rather interesting and worthwhile. An auto-save feature caught my attention. His creation leaves a wide margin between his efforts and copyright law; he is NOT distributing any of the original application. His site includes upgrade downloads for taking WN V. 4 to 4.01 and 4.02. But of course, you have to own the app to do it.
In addition, there are some observations and possible solutions about instablity issues with OS versions after 8.1. YMMV. 8.1 seems a highwater mark, no problem zone.
I wrote the following letter to Mariner through their web site connection:
PLEASE make a translator for the Write Now word processor, and I will be your obedient slave and fanatical fan for life. By a considerable margin, your WP is the MOST suitable candidate for succeeding what is arguably the most economic and elegant WP ever produced — Write Now. There may be more of us old Macsters out there waiting than you realize. Old applications have come and gone, but even today — years after this application was abandoned by its owners and murdered in the backstreets of cyberspace — a new web site has emerged and stimulated interest. Not only that, but the site owner has developed an enhancement feature for the app that stays clear of copyright infringement. (Although abandoned, the current owners do NOT want the app put into the public domain — even in its obsolete form! Ahem ... I wonder why?)
Congratulations on your achievements. It is a brave thing to buck the giants, but I trust that your clients are happy and loyal. But, please consider the huge resevoir of WN archives that could be integrated into your invention. It may not seem like the best economics in a company meeting — unless you consider the cache deriving from the public acclamation that you ARE the successor by default to a Mac legend.
This letter may seem like hyperbole to you, the Mariners. But think of all the writers who have spent thousands and thousands of hours trying to make themselves fit to the machine that is a certain software — and failing. Imagine the same writers remembering moments of smooth sailing — of effortless and seamless connection with what they were writing and the sotware they were using — a lucid and clean interface lke a fresh sheet of clean white paper or a stretch of clear water. And then try to say that I am out of bounds.
We are legion. And we are hoping ... waiting. It is about our vocations and professions — writing! Best of luck to all of you at Mariner.
Yours truly,
XXXXX XXXX in Sendai Japan
BTW, this man tried to convince the owners of WN to release WN into the public domain. The owners decined.
Please, by reading this, do not cofuse the owners of WN with Mariner Inc. They are separate, corporate entities.
http://www.macease.com/writenow-latest_info.html
The site owner is a dedicated WN fan. He has elected Mariner Write as WN's sucessor. And he laments the fact that there is no translator for running WN docs into Mariner. Despte being a Mariner user, he still uses WN a lot and has developed an enhanement suit for the app that seems rather interesting and worthwhile. An auto-save feature caught my attention. His creation leaves a wide margin between his efforts and copyright law; he is NOT distributing any of the original application. His site includes upgrade downloads for taking WN V. 4 to 4.01 and 4.02. But of course, you have to own the app to do it.
In addition, there are some observations and possible solutions about instablity issues with OS versions after 8.1. YMMV. 8.1 seems a highwater mark, no problem zone.
I wrote the following letter to Mariner through their web site connection:
PLEASE make a translator for the Write Now word processor, and I will be your obedient slave and fanatical fan for life. By a considerable margin, your WP is the MOST suitable candidate for succeeding what is arguably the most economic and elegant WP ever produced — Write Now. There may be more of us old Macsters out there waiting than you realize. Old applications have come and gone, but even today — years after this application was abandoned by its owners and murdered in the backstreets of cyberspace — a new web site has emerged and stimulated interest. Not only that, but the site owner has developed an enhancement feature for the app that stays clear of copyright infringement. (Although abandoned, the current owners do NOT want the app put into the public domain — even in its obsolete form! Ahem ... I wonder why?)
Congratulations on your achievements. It is a brave thing to buck the giants, but I trust that your clients are happy and loyal. But, please consider the huge resevoir of WN archives that could be integrated into your invention. It may not seem like the best economics in a company meeting — unless you consider the cache deriving from the public acclamation that you ARE the successor by default to a Mac legend.
This letter may seem like hyperbole to you, the Mariners. But think of all the writers who have spent thousands and thousands of hours trying to make themselves fit to the machine that is a certain software — and failing. Imagine the same writers remembering moments of smooth sailing — of effortless and seamless connection with what they were writing and the sotware they were using — a lucid and clean interface lke a fresh sheet of clean white paper or a stretch of clear water. And then try to say that I am out of bounds.
We are legion. And we are hoping ... waiting. It is about our vocations and professions — writing! Best of luck to all of you at Mariner.
Yours truly,
XXXXX XXXX in Sendai Japan
BTW, this man tried to convince the owners of WN to release WN into the public domain. The owners decined.
Please, by reading this, do not cofuse the owners of WN with Mariner Inc. They are separate, corporate entities.
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