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From: mark@unisec.usi.com (Mark Rinfret)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Have you seen the new...
Message-ID: <1035@unisec.usi.com>
Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 07:26:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: unisec.1035
Posted: Sat Aug  8 07:26:11 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 12:06:43 EDT
References: <13738@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: UniSecure Systems, Inc. Newport, RI
Lines: 49
Keywords: Power Windows 2.0 & Lattice 4.0
Summary: I hope Power Windows 2.0 is better than 1.1!

In article <13738@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes:
> 
> I guess nobody has received their new Amiga Worlds yet.  Two interesting ads 
> caught my eye. 
> 
> The first (and probably least important to most) was the ad for Power Windows
> Version 2.0.  For those of you who have never heard of the product, it is a
> programming aid that let's you set up windows and menus graphicly, and then
> generates the C or Assem. source.  However, the new version also generates
> Modula-2 as well as allowing you to set up gadgets from IFF brushes.  Sounds
> like a killer utility to me.  Made by Inovatronics Inc.  $89.95

  ...more on Lattice 4.0...

> 					- Neil Peart


I just got Power Windows 1.1 and Marauder II from Go Amigo!  Now that I know
version 2.0 is out, I'm pissed!  Power Windows 1.1 is a great disappointment
to me, though it is probably more useful than hand-coding.  I have a
public-domain menu editor that has a better user interface.  Proportional
gadgets aren't supported at all, and there's no ability to interact with
your new gadgets until you write out the source and run a short test program
(supplied).  Also missing is an image editor.  I also wish there was a
numeric readout for window and gadget sizes.  The documentation is a very
skinny 5x7" 11 page booklet with tiny print, no illustrations.  I expected
a lot more for the list price of $89.95 (actually paid $64).  I'll be writing
to Inovatronics...

Right now, I have two software packages that are copy protected, both
Electronic Arts (DPaint II and DMCS).  EA wants $20 each for non-protected
versions.  Well, says I, I can get Marauder II for $30 and if it works,
save $10 and have a useful addition to my toolbox as well.  It works!
Though I had to boot my system without my Pal Jr. in order to get it to
work, it performed flawlessly on both disks.  Ahhh...no more "key disk"
crap from my favorite toys!  There are also a couple of other utilities
on the Marauder II disk which might come in handy, though I haven't tied
them yet.  Unfortunately, programs like this can be severely misused, but
they can prove quite useful to the honest user, also.  I'm quite pleased.


Mark


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