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From: m0154@tnc.UUCP (GUY GARNETT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: PageStream
Message-ID: <746@tnc.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 91 21:56:33 GMT
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Reply-To: m0154@tnc.UUCP (GUY GARNETT)
Organization: The Next Challenge, Fairfax, Va.
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Paul L. White writes:
>PageStream is to desktop publishing as Maxwell Smart's Cone of
>Silence is to security.

I have been an Amiga PageStream owner for the beginning.  Releases
before v1.8 were definitely unusable due to bugs.  *BUT* v1.8 has been
out for more than a year now, and v2.1 has been around for several
months.  If you have not used these versions, go back and look at
PageStream again.  A number of new facilities has been added, and
the bugs have been roundly stomped.

PageStream makes the most effective use of limited (read affordable)
hardware of any DTP program I have ever used.  It will work fine on a
two floppy system with 1 to 2 megs of RAM and a dot matrix printer. 
And produce gorgeous results for you!

If you have higher-end hardware (like a postscript laser) or more
memory, all the better.  PageStream is *NOT* low-end in terms of the
facilities provided; it is (IMHO) the best available Amiga DTP
program, and is competitive with packages on other machines.  This is
what SoftLogik originally promised PageStream users, and (although it
has taken them far too long to deliver) they have delivered on that
promise.

Wildstar

PS: I produce newsletters, resumes, letterhead, business cards, and
other DTP jobs on my Amiga 1000 (2.5Mb RAM, 3 floppies, NEC P7).  For
quality output, I send the PostScript file out to a laser printer
(usually an Apple LaserWriter).
All done with PageStream v1.8 (and now v2.1)\