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From: hallett@lear.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett)
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Subject: Re: Interleaf on Mac II: Information wanted
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 08:14:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 26 08:14:49 1987
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In article <6150001@hpcupt1.HP.COM> tshaugh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Tim Shaughnessy) writes:
>We have had access to an Interleaf system running on Sun workstations,
>but soon will no longer have access. Does anybody have information
>about Interleaf (Technical Publishing Software) for the Mac II? I'm
>looking for information relating to: system configuration required,
>performance, compatability with Interleaf on other systems, functionality
>(especially compared to Interleaf on other systems), availability
>dates, price, etc.

An article in MacWeek described that the Interleaf will be available
sometime early next year.  It will cost $2495, and require a harddisk
(80M most likely, although it wasn't specified) and at least 5Meg Ram.
(Whew!)

It will be fully compatible with Interleaf on the Sun and equally
functional.  Also, it will run under the Mac OS/


>
>For those of you who haven't heard of Interleaf, they do professional
>"desktop publishing" software that includes integrated text & graphics
>editing. The difference between Interleaf & Pagemaker (for example) is
>that Interleaf is designed to do whole manuals rather than short
>newsletters.

Personally, I find Interleaf to be an extremely abrasive product.
Framemaker is much better, smoother and more intuitive.  Since,
Framemaker is also becoming available for the Mac II, I'd wait if I
were you.

Besides, for the people who don't know what Interleaf is, the whole
question is moot.  If they had read anything about it, they would know
what it was.  If they do not know what it is, then odds are, they have
no idea when, where and how much it will be available for. :^)

Jeff

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