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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: A3000 and OnLine! and ATalkIII
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Date: 30 Sep 90 07:20:57 GMT
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In article <31863@nigel.ee.udel.edu> detert@lognet2.hq.aflc.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) writes:
>Well, (Marco)
>I just got my A3000 and am finally ready to give up on OnLine!.  I still
>like many of its features and never found anyone with ATalkIII to try out,
>so I've been sticking with it.  Anyway, in 2.0 mode the screen that OnLine!
>opens is about 4 times as long as workbench. 
[...
>1.  Does anyone KNOW what is specifically wrong with OnLine! (Platinum)
>that causes this behavior?  And, is there a fix?

What you've discovered is that Online! has not been updated to work with the
2.0 system software.  Maybe you can try call MSS and see when/if an upgrade
will be available.

>2.  Does anyone know if ATalkIII has ANY flakiness with 2.0 and the A3000?
>Also, what is the most current version I should get?

A-Talk Release 1.3c, released at DevCon '90, is fully compliant with the
2.0 software.  If you look at the Commodore ad that lists the compatible
software (now appearing in AmigaWorld and Amazing Computing) we're right 
in there.  Oxxi started delivering versions with the 2.0 compliant green
stickers only a month ago, so I don't know if these copies have reached the
dealers' yet.  Earlier A-Talk III 1.3c copies with no stickers are identical
in functionality with the ones with stickers.

>  I plan to order from
>Safe Harbor.  I'd use the Oxxi tradein, but I think I come out just about
>even cost-wise using mailorder.

If you come out even, may I suggest you get it directly from Oxxi.  If you
get it from mail order, you have NO assurance that it will be the last release
and upgrading will cost you money (Oxxi used to give out free upgrades if
you bought a version that was earlier than the current one. They no longer
do that, since I upgrade the software too fast for them to keep up with it :-)
Sorry).

>BTW.  That is a real pet peeve of mine.  Upgrades cost almost as much as
>buying something mailorder for many products.  A lot of time, its just a
>waste of time to upgrade, easier and cheaper to order through the mail.

Upgrades for A-Talk III have always been pretty reasonable as far as price
is concerned, and definitely much less than the mail order price.

-- Marco
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