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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Tempo "Upgrade" - Affinity Does It Again
Keywords: Vaporware, Broken Promises
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Date: 6 Jun 90 23:26:30 GMT
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In article <46713@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> jwmills@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Jonathan Mills) writes:
>The June 1990 MacWorld contained a note in the MacBulletin (page 17)
>titled "Time for Tempo."  This note announced that Affinity is designing
>some extensions to Tempo II, which it calls Tempo+Tools.  What are they?
>
>Apparently a set of menu enhancements, a set of external branch conditions,
>and a new macro viewer.  Quote, "(an editor will be released eventually)."
>Cost of this upgrade: $29.95.  Doesn't sound too unreasonable, but...
>
>[...]
>was a list of benefits of registration:
>
>	"Free Tempo II MacroPak.  A complete and powerful graphics-based
>	 editor for Tempo II macros, plus a localizer for adapting Tempo
>	 II to non-US systems, and a Tempo II menu and FKEY customizer,
>         and more.

I purchased Tempo II and was also promised a free MacroPak.  The last time
I called them, they still had no idea when it would be done.

>[...]
>Will I pay?  No.  AutoMac III is free with MicroSoft Word, works reasonably
>well, has an excellent editor, and is robust.  Tempo's complexity made it
>pretty temperamental, and without a solid editor to tune mouse moves, etc.
>it was annoying to use.  Affinity's philosophy was, "just record it again."
>[...]

Agreed.  Tempo's editor just plain sucks and is buggy.  The only thing I
have used Tempo II for was a mini-guided tour thing that took two whole
days to set up because of Tempo's lame editor.  I have found that I can do
anything else I need in QuicKeys or even MacroMaker.

Also, the last time I called them they were shipping Tempo II 1.2 (I think)
in stores for a couple months but they wouldn't give it to owners of Tempo
II 1.0.  At the time they were just planning a mailing to owners for
upgrades.  That was a couple months ago and I still haven't gotten anything.
I totally agree with the previous poster's flame.

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