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From: rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UltraCard Browser & Stacks
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Date: 25 Aug 89 17:59:10 GMT
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In article <7552@ecsvax.UUCP> ruslan@ecsvax.UUCP (Robin C. LaPasha) writes:
>Actually, the reason I called was to try and find out why I
>don't have my copy of UltraCard yet.  Has anyone else been waiting
>for an order from them?
Well it took about four weeks and I got my ultracard. Remember this is 
a small outfit, they are going to wait for your check to clear i bet, 
and there are sure to be other delays. I notice that the manual mentions
two disks and i only had one in the bag; can anybody tell me one way or 
another how many you should get?
   BTW i doubt they can afford a phone droid; you were probably talking
to one of the developers ...
   As for the product:
*************************I LOVE IT*******************************
It is really neat. One thing i *HATED* about hypercard was it took over the 
machine (in good Macintosh fashion, of course). You may have had a 
favorite paint program or editor, but you were stuck with whatever tools
there were in hypercard if you didn't want to leave hypercard. Yuck. 
   Following amiga rules, ultracard is a good multi-tasking 
citizen; you can tell it to invoke your favorite editor on scripts, 
for example, and edit scripts with emacs. And so on. Yes it has gurued
on me but what the hell ... it is version 1.11. Give these folks a chance, 
I really think this thing is going to be a winner, if they can just make
it through the start-up company nightmare. If you want to play with this
now, and if you want to support a company that is bringing a real important
product to the Amiga market, you might want to buy it. 
ron
disclaimer: i didn't write UltraTalk, i don't own 400,000 shares of 
            of intuitive stock, and hell, i live on the east coast
            anyways: i don't know anybody important.