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From: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmiExpo
Message-ID: <2490@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 08:30:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 20 08:30:02 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Oct-87 01:49:23 EDT
References: <605@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
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In article <605@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes:
>other hand, it was $15 and it works. Sure the output looks like hell
>but DPaint is awful too and it costs a lot more. Which led me to 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I am surprised by this statement. I think DPaint is GREAT! What are you
comparing it to?

>My wife refused to countenance any money spent on another Amiga
>program- she used DPaint too until we realized we could not print.
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Before getting a bargain on a Canon PJ-1080 color ink-jet printer,
I used to make negative prints of DPaint pictures on my B/W Epson.
They were no screaming hell, but they were hard copy. The Canon is
a good unit, at a really reasonable price. The output is not fantastic,
but what do you expect from a <$500 product? A Tektronix ink-jet printer
would give wonderful results, but who can afford the multi kilobuck
pricetag?

>is ridiculous. A $150 spread-sheet is ridiculous- especially 
>the big-pig monolithic program we have been seeing- don't they know
>how to take advantage of the amiga's strengths?

Check out MaxiPlan. A well behaved spreadsheet which multitasks, uses
RAM disc, runs in a pull-down screen, etc. etc.

>
>	After AmiExpo
>
>I bought three programs. First was MicroFiche File, for $74 
>(show special). This program is fantastic. I can not say enough 
>good things for it; i think of new uses daily. The license is

Glad you are getting something you like, but I still think that there
have been good programs for the Amiga for some time now. All one has
to do is look. N'est-ce pas?			...sjk

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