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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury Jr.)
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Subject: Re: MD-BASIC (was: Re: Apple ][ BBS Software)
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danield@pro-grouch.cts.com (Daniel Davidson) writes:
>greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury, Jr.) writes:

>>So far I've just been told basically that my lack of a hard drive was a
>>deficiency in my hardware, not with ProLine.  I feel it is equally a
>>deficiency in ProLine that it is requiring me to have said hardware.  This
>>came from Morgan, in a public message.

>The List of hardware requirements for ProLine includes at leat 5Meg of hard
>drive space.  This is included in every bit of adversiting that the Morgan
>Davis Group does for the product.

The first I knew about it was when the software arrived.  The messages
from people with ProLine, which could be inferred as free advertising,
don't mention it.  People are strongly suggesting others buy ProLine
without going into all its requirements.  Morgan never told me about the
limitation until I mentioned it after I discovered it.  Never saw a single
printed ad for ProLine until it arrived.

However I am not complaining that I wasn't well informed.  I am under
agreement from Morgan on not saying why (although a regular reader of
alt.bbs should be able to explain it for you, due to Morgan accidentally
crossposting mail to me publically).

>As I see it, you complaint is akin to yelling at Apple because GS/OS will not
>run on your //e.

My sister has a IIe.  I have a IIgs.  I thought I'd clarify that.
(Further clarification, I say IIe instead of //e because her's is
unenhanced.)  It isn't that much similar an argument anyway.  We're
talking storage, not processors.

>Daniel
>(sysop@pro-grouch.cts.com)

If ProLine had a way to tell it it was running off of multiple disks
instead of one partiton then I wouldn't be having so many problems.  Seems
the largest the system can get is 32 MB.  Alot of that is going to be used
for your networking "needs".  ACOS splits up nicely.  METAL even better,
since you aren't restricted to only the predefined drive specifiers in
ACOS.

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