Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!roberts
From: roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorks Plus! for the Lisa
Message-ID: <3367@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jun 88 22:07:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cognos.3367
References: <585@iraun1.ira.uka.de>
Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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Summary: Current release schedule is July/88

In article <585@iraun1.ira.uka.de> thschulz@iraul1.ira.uka.de
	   (Thomas Schulz) writes:

>MacWorks Plus!  (list $200)
>Has anybody tested this product, is it VaporWare or real ? I would
>appreciate if anybody could comment on any short-comings (sound,
>graphics)...

This product is *not* vapourware, but it is not yet available for purchase.
The beta-test version has been demonstrated in public, and when I last
called Sun Remarketing they were quoting a July/88 availability.

It supports all the features of the Mac Plus 128K ROM which the Lisa
hardware supports.  More importantly, it detects sound-manager calls and
does NOT blow the application away.  Thus, applications such as HyperCard
(which call the sound-manager regularly) can still be run.  The beta-test
demonstrations clearly showed that a number of main-stream applications
which MacWorks 3.0 falls down on can be run.  The $200 price was confirmed
over the telephone.  If you want details, phone them direct - they have a
good information service: (801) 752-7631.

Robert_S
(usual disclaimers apply: I have no affiliation with Sun Remarketing, and
 my company has not been informed that I have posted this)
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