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From: dave@oldcolo.UUCP (Dave Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: NAPLPS
Message-ID: <[72.1]graphics;1@oldcolo.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 89 12:10:03 GMT
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Naplps is not dead - it is the basis for the big $$$ 'Prodigy' videotext
service by IBM and Sears, and the basis for Bell Canada's 'Alex' videotext
service. Most of the creative development work using it is in Canada.

There is a quite new VGA PC Naplps drawing program by Image Base. Called
PLP DRAW. In Canada. Don't have the address, only the phonenumber
416-593-5473. Not cheap ($600 I think). It is easy to use, uses only
one screen (many earlier products required two monitors - one for 
menus and one for graphic), and mouse.

Another experienced Naplps software house in Canada is Microstar, with 
a range ofproducts. Not absolutely sure they have a VGA drawing program.


613-727-5696.

There simply is no known free or shareware naplps products. Which is one of
the reasons this excellent standard is so little known. Everybody that uses
it (which has been banks, graphics studios, videotext ventures) has wanted
to make big bucks on it fromthe first day, so put a price on everything.