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From: sam@cci632.UUCP (Sam Mantel)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: MAC look-alike for MS-DOS PC's
Message-ID: <105@cci632.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-May-86 09:24:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 20 09:24:33 1986
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Organization: CCI Rochester Development, Rochester, NY
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Keywords: MAC/PC/MS-DOS
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Summary: gag me with an 8088

In article <122@njitcccc.UUCP>, tom@njitcccc.UUCP (Thomas A. Moulton) writes:
> I work for a company that has a couple of IBM PC's and am looking
> for some programs that will allow us to create proposals and such that
> have text and graphics mixed at will, our sales types have used MAC's
> in the past and are pushing to get a MAC, what they have speced out comes
> out to be about $10K, in a effort to provide their needs I'd really like
> to solve their needs with a PC, I know there are graphics packages out
> there, but I haven't been able to find one that will handle text as well
> as they handle the graphics, bold, justification etc, with being able to
> add a phrase, move text blocks, without having to break my back to make
> it pretty again...
> 
> please help relive my ignorance, (up to $1-2K for the package...)
> [no this is not a request for a special application!!! hi hi]
>  Thanks...

Dear Tom,

Please forgive my shortness, but I don't think anyone could relieve your
ignorance. You can't expect a Ford Pinto to sprout wings and fly like a 
Lear.

Sam Mantel -- Roch, NY