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From: jons@islenet.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Ventura Pubilsher 1.1
Message-ID: <3212@islenet.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 19:19:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  9 19:19:07 1987
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Reply-To: jons@islenet.UUCP (Jonathan Spangler)
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In article <195@eli.UUCP> geller@eli.UUCP (David Geller) writes:
>
>Ventura Publisher 1.1 will be out in a few weeks and I am
>eagerly awaiting its arrival. We have been using version 1.0

The official word I've heard from Xerox is that it won't be
released until May 15. Hold your breath...

>here for a few months and are very impressed. On an AT this
>program is fast! Why it even ran respectably fast on an old
>XT we had. We are running it with a Wyse 700 (Amdek 1280)
>high resolution monitor (a color version will be released
>soon) for full-page makeup capabilities. I recommend the
>display as much as I do Ventura.
>
>	Ventura 1.0	can be had for around $650
>	Wyse 700	lists for $999. Can buy for ~$899.
>	AT clone	comes in cereal boxes now!
>
>David Geller
>Electric Logic, Inc.
>Washington, D.C.

Agreed! Ventura is respectable EVEN ON AN XT, which is going
to be a major selling point of Ventura over Pagemaker. On the
hardware side, this is what one of our customers is using:

	Ventura 1.0
	Laserview      By Sigma Designs (two-page monitor 19 inches)
	Sperry IT      40 meg hard disk
>
>(Pagemaker is also out. I plan on sticking with Ventura for
>most application and using Pagemake only for single page paste-up
>jobs. And I still use troff/tbl and pic!!!)
>

It may be interesting to note that Ventura is currently working on
a version of the Publisher to work under Windows. Not looking forward
to that unless the Ventura program is much faster than Pagemaker.

I've tried Pagemaker on an XT and it is S-L-O-W. Seems like starting off
with Windows (which is S-L-O-W) makes the end package slow NO MATTER WHAT
YOU DO. The one thing I like about Pagemaker is that it looks good in 
color on my EGA monitor. There are also a few more fonts to chose from
but Ventura takes the cake.

List price is $895.

Aloha,
Jonathan

Jonathan Spangler
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