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From: hgm@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Word Processors (PenPal
Message-ID: <2841@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 89 13:45:55 GMT
References: <1777@aucs.UUCP> <17133@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: hgm@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks)
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Keywords:WP's, PS

In article <17133@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
>Stay away from Vizawrite. It is not a very stable program. My advice would be
>to get Pen Pal from Brown-Wagh software. I saw a demo of it at AmiExpo NY.
>It was a beta version, but none the less, it was a fantastic program. The 
>output is clean, and it has one of the *BEST* user interfaces I have ever
>seen on the Amiga, or ANY other computer for that matter. Something to look
>into.
>
>          - Doug 

General question: I've seen the ads, and it does look impressive, especially
at the price. No mention is made of Postscript support. I am interested, but
need PS. I wonder what file format they'll use, as in will ProScript convert
it? 

Side note: If you are using excellence!, and running it in 8 color mode, it
will be slow. Try just using 2 (aka Mac). Also be aware that Brown-Wagh has
a version that is optimised for +1 meg memory. It still has rough edges, but
shows a lot of promise. The user interface is clean, and PS is built in. I
must be in the minority that thinks excellence! is alright.  

And yes, Vizawrite is wretched. They just can't seem to get it right.

--hal

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