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From: izot@f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: A better C128 term (was Re: DesTerm gripes)
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Date: 10 May 89 17:25:04 GMT
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 > From: ragnarok@ziebmef.uucp (Ragnarok)
 > Message-ID: <1989May8.153709.20681@ziebmef.uucp>
 
 > Well, our Desterm arrived DOA at this site, but from what I've been hearing
 > it's probably been for the best.
 
   Why, that's mighty kind of you! BTW, future UUENCODEs will not suffer from 
the mailer-mauled space problem as I have corrected the software here.
 
 > OK, I've got (IMHO) a better terminal for you for the C128:
 > Dialogue 128, by Workable Concepts here in Toronto.
 
   We're aware of who the "competition" is (I've known both Jeff Goebel and 
Gary Farmaner for a couple of years - Gary was a regular user on a BBS I ran 
in Toronto while he was still working on Pro-Term). We'd like to offer these 
points to consider when comparing DesTerm to Dialogue:
 
   Dialogue has been on the market for over six months, DesTerm for more like 
six weeks. We're willing to bet that we will not only catch up to, but 
overtake, Dialogue in terms of features. Gary must be aware of this: some of 
Dialogue's "new features" are found in DesTerm!
 
   Dialogue is a *commercial* product - $69.95 Canadian, I believe (correct me 
if I'm wrong). DesTerm is *shareware* - get a copy for next to nothing, 
register for $25. I do not know what Workable Concepts is doing regarding U.S. 
sales... shareware has no problem crossing the border. I've even had a message 
arrive from Down Under.
 
   Dialogue support is limited to the Workable Concepts BBS (it's on 
PunterNet, but that Net consists of less than 50 North American BBSes - most 
of them in and around Toronto - and provides only netmail capability) and 
Workable Concept's presence on Canada Remote Systems, a 60-line BBS in 
Mississauga. DesTerm support includes those PLUS Usenet news, PLUS FidoNet 
echomail - we may not be making the money that Workable Concepts is, but we're 
determined to offer superior product & services.
 
   In closing: you've all heard how wonderful v1.02 will be - it's been
mentioned often enough. I am beginning to get the feeling that we ought to 
release it even as it's being beta tested, as it will cure most, if not all, 
of the complaints we've heard since v1.01 was released. I'd like to say that 
registered users will get it first, but we're still working on the manual - it 
seems that a lot of things in the original manual were not understood (or not 
read at all).
 
   Geoff
 
 


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