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Subject: cCVarious and sundry musings . . .
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From: Petersen@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA, Julie K <8239048%wwu.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>

DPSLIDE INFO????



Does anyone know where I could contact Paul Biondi

re: the DPSlide program for the Amiga?  Someone I

know would like to make some arrangements with him

for a slightly customized version.





PANORAMA USERS' GROUP



We would be interested in some kind of a swap of

newsletters from the other users groups.  Drop

me a line to make postage, envelope arrangements,

etc.  PANORAMA's current newsletter comes out monthly.





EULOGY



I notice Robert P. from Commodore is conspicuously

absent lately from this discussion.  I hear he's

sharing his expertise on BIX.  Unfortunately, some

of us can't afford to participate in commercial

net-talks.  He's sorely missed from this end, anyway.





Amiga LIVE! Frame Grabber from A-Squared Systems



Does anyone know when the Amiga LIVE! frame grabber

will be available?????  And what the cost will be?

Also, if I were to win a Lottery and have enough to

purchase a camcorder for frame grabbing (well, I can

dream can't I?), does anyone have any recommendations

as to format and brand?





AT&T 6300 -vs- AMIGA



Finally, I've been asked to compare the Amiga with

the AT&T 6300 as a potential delivery system for

computer courseware.  My impression from the VERY

sketchy information I have been able to find is that

the AT&T machine is little more than a decent clone

with an 8086 running at 8 MHz and that it's not cheap.

No sound, no voice, no graphics without purchase of

extra boards.  (Vanilla IBM-compat.)  Even the mouse

is a $150 option.  I would like to argue in favor of

the Amiga, but I have a responsibility to my employer

to be objective and factual, which I prefer anyway.





Well, enough for now.  What programming projects are

people working on?  I've been trying to find the time

to do a font editor.  I wish someone would hurry up

and code a good wordprocessor which would interface well

with the Apple Laserwriter or one of the other laser

printers which has Postscript.





{Disclaimer . . .   any opinions expressed above

        are due to sun spots . . .}



                Julie   8239048%WWU@csnet-relay