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From: charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher)
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Subject: Re: Price of Diagram!
Keywords: Diagram!
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Date: 18 Nov 90 12:53:10 GMT
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In article <648@storm.UUCP> bostrov@storm.UUCP (Vareck Bostrom) writes:
>In article <2907@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> ppham@gmuvax2.UUCP (Phuong Pham) writes:
>>Only $10.00 Dollars !! (Student price of Diagram! program)
>> 
>>Forget Piracy! $10 for media, docs, registration, etc. and mental
>>relief, it wouldn't be worth it !
>
>Uh, that sounds really cool. Uh, what is diagram! ? I must have missed 
>something in the receint disk crash.
>
>
>- Vareck Bostrom (Reply to: bostrov@mist.cs.orst.edu) 


Diagram is software for (ta-da) drawing diagrams. It has several
tools for this but its two main features seem to be-

  a) Once a diagram (or say flow chart) is drawn and links make,
then boxes, etc. may be moved around and the links maintained
without redrawing(ie, rubberbanding.)

  b) Boxes, etc may be linked to outside data or programs to bring
up charts, graphs, calculation, or whatever.

See page 128 of the Fall NeXT 'Software and Peripherals' for more 
details.

I called the developer (Lighthouse Design--there local here) about
the 10 dollar deal. Here's the deal--They sell the university
bookstore (or whatever) the first copy for 200 dolars (retail
is listed at 249.) They also give the bookstore the right tomake
copies to faculty and student charging the fac 75 bucks and students
10 dollars each. It is the bookstore's responsibility to check ID's
and send names, etc. to Lighthouse. In addition,  you do NOT get
documentation--BUT ALL manual (I was told) are online.

If you are interested call your bookstore or call Lighthouse
(at 800-366-2279) and they'll contact your local comuter reps.

That's all I know.

-Charlie

>Soon to appear here--some nifty follow-up!