http://macintoshgarden.org/taxonomy/term/1043/0 en http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="512" height="342" title="MacWrite 2.2" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/MacWrite-2.2.png?1244263612" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="512" height="342" title="MacWrite 5.0" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/macwrite-5_0.png?1244782252" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="640" height="480" title="MacWrite Pro 1.0" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/MacWrite-Pro_0.png?1244782269" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-file"> <div class="field-label">Application file:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-x-stuffit" alt="application/x-stuffit icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/package-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/MacWrite.sit" type="application/x-stuffit; length=3417930">MacWrite.sit</a></div> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-zip" alt="application/zip icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/package-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/macwrite_4_6.zip" type="application/zip; length=1203105">macwrite_4_6.zip</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>MacWrite</em>, along with <a href="/apps/macpaint">MacPaint</a>, originally were packaged along with the Macintosh operating system. This heavily promoted the image that Macs are easy to setup and use--a reputation that Apple still relies upon. </p> <p>By the end of the 80s, <em>MacWrite</em> was becoming a victim of its own success. It had shown the world that typesetting need not be any more complicated than typing. Software developers scrambled to write applications that could support the growing desktop publishing industry.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-category-app"> <div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Word Processing &amp; Publishing </div> </div> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Randy Wigginton </div> <div class="field-item even"> Don Breuner </div> <div class="field-item odd"> Ed Ruder </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-year"> <div class="field-label">Year released:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1984 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-publisher-2"> <div class="field-label">Publisher:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Apple </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-system"> <div class="field-label">System:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> System 1 - 5 </div> <div class="field-item even"> System 6.x </div> <div class="field-item odd"> System 7.0 - 7.6 </div> <div class="field-item even"> Mac OS 8 - 8.1 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-emulation"> <div class="field-label">Emulation:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Basilisk II (68k) </div> <div class="field-item even"> Mini vMac (68k) </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-architecture"> <div class="field-label">Architecture:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 68k </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macwrite#comments Word Processing & Publishing 1984 Apple Don Breuner Ed Ruder Randy Wigginton Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:48:46 +0000 grawlix.computing 1112 at http://macintoshgarden.org