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From: jxh@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: FinalWord II
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Date: 27 May 88 21:03:40 GMT
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I am using FinalWord V2.20 on my IBM PC.  I bought it from Mark of the Unicorn
a few years back.  Recently, I got a letter from them identifying FW Corp. as
the owners of the product.  Hmmm...

Today, I am trying to find a printer description for a Kyocera F1000A laser
printer, using its native-mode DESCRIBE language; going through one of its
emulation modes is restrictive and problematic.  So.

I called the FinalWord BBS.  There's a modem there, but nothing beyond it that
responds.  Hmmm...  I called MOTU.  They said that FW Corp. had always owned
FW and *marketed it* through MOTU.  The phone at FW Corp. is an answering
machine.  I left a message that has not yet yielded a response.
MOTU also said that FW Corp. had shifted to marketing it through Borland,
International.  Well!  Borland says: (a) What? or (b) We're not selling it at
the moment; depending on who you talk to.

How am I meant to keep in touch with other users of FinalWord to exchange
printer definitions, etc?  Are there any of you on *the net*?  Has anyone
ever seen this goofy DESCRIBE language outside of Kyocera?  Am I losing my
marbles? :-)

-Jim Hickstein, VSAT Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA
jxh@cup.portal.com   ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com
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