GeoWrite 2.2 upgrade

[mikeebean]

I've been playing around with GEOS 128 again in Vice, and I came across a reference to a must-have GeoWrite 2.2 upgrade. I found it only on two sites, and downloaded it.

After de-lynxing it with Lynxs, I read the docs. It said it's designed for the 64 version and might work for the 128 version. The only improvement it mentions specifically is adding the ability to print multiple copies. On various sites I've read that it's a much-needed upgrade to geoWrite 128, so I pressed on, and made a copy of geoWrite, renamed it, and ran the patch. Then I validated the disk as per the instructions.

When I run the new geoWrite and print, it crashes, something about Error Swapping geoWrite. Did I do something wrong? Do I have the wrong version of this patch? Is this worth monkeying around with? Any opinions would be appreciated.

Michael

[RobertB]

...I came across a reference to a must-have GeoWrite 2.2 upgrade. I found it only on two sites, and downloaded it.

That's interesting.  Which of the sites had it?

...I read the docs. It said it's designed for the 64 version and might work for the 128 version. The only improvement it mentions specifically is adding the ability to print multiple copies.

O.K., I have the version that I bought from programmer Todd Elliott.  I don't remember about the docs saying anything about multiple copies, but Todd did say that it had been rewritten to take care of drives A, B, C, and D, and to use ram expansion if Wheels 128 were used.  It said nothing about being designed for the C64.  In fact, Todd said that a revision of Geowrite 64 v2 would be harder to do.

...made a copy of geoWrite, renamed it, and ran the patch. Then I validated the disk as per the instructions.

I hope you didn't validate outside of GEOS, because that's a no-no.

Did I do something wrong? Do I have the wrong version of this patch?

I'd like to know who were the makers of these patches.  The Todd Elliott one that I have works flawlessly.

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[mikeebean]

I compared the two I downloaded and they are the same. This is not Todd Elliott's patch for sure. And it doesn't work on geoWrite 128. The one I found is called geoWrite-2.1-2.2.patch.lnx and the author is "Air's"

Here's one, Google brings up more:
http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/geos/util/text/index.html

The ReadMe file from this download states:

"WRITEPATCH
Will make your GEOWRITE from 2.1 to 2.2 this will give you the ability to make Multiple copies of a letter or paper. It will allow up to 99 copies. If you just want one either hit RETURN or click OK.
While this is built for the 64 GEOS it could very well work with the 128 as the major differences are in the storage of the work in memory for the 80 col. and not the printing area. Also to use the same printer drivers the jump codes would have to be in the same spots so IT COULD work. Someone let me know. As Desktop uses the same area and part of the GEOWRITE code (this) to print a file it will also give you multi print from there. But just write files. If any interest is showen I'll see about other programs for Paint or Calc.

So put a copy of GEOWRITE, WRITEPATCH and WRITE.2 all on a work disk. Run the patch, it sticks write.2 on and resets the header and Icon. Well it does put a few other things into WRITE but no big deal. Then you can delete write.2, tun disk valadate to reset the BAM. This was fastest way to do it. And off you go.

Enjoy
Air's

p.s. when you preview a page you get the copies prompt just click it and it will go on. This is because in PREVIEW the page is "printed" to the screen not the printer, so part of the same code is used. Just one of those GEOS things."

[mikeebean]

Is Todd's upgrade still available?

I don't have Wheels, although I have played with it on a 128 without a Super CPU. Unfortunately my applications and Wheels were keyed to different serial number IDs (I hate that) so I couldn't test it out.

Michael

[RobertB]

Is Todd's upgrade still available?

Todd, a brilliant programmer in GEOS, left the C= scene back around 2004-2005.
     However, send me a personal message to see what can be done.

Unfortunately my applications and Wheels were keyed to different serial number IDs (I hate that) so I couldn't test it out.

You can get around some of that by using Maverick.

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