Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca> (02/21/90)
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1082. Tuesday, 20 Feb 1990. Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 16:26 PST From: <YOUNGC@CLARGRAD> Subject: Chiwriter is now Megawriter Hardin Aasand asks about Chiwriter. Chiwriter is now Megawriter and is published by Paraclete Software at 1000 E. 14th St., Suite 425, Plano, TX 75074 (phone: 214/578-8185). According to version 3.01a of the manual, dated 1988, Megawriter is compatible with Word Perfect in that one can convert from WordPerfect files. I don't know what the Epson 1e model printer is, but the pro- gram seems to support a lot of printers and it may support that one. According to the manual, it's not difficult to write one's own printer driver. I've only played around with a friend's copy of the program, so my com- ments are not particularly well-informed. But: entering text is not easy, and not helped by a very ugly screen display, even with VGA. But the printed output is very nice, at least on a laser printer. (I've got a IIp.) Best wishes, Charles Young Philosophy Claremont Graduate School Claremont, CA 91711 youngc@clargrad.bitnet