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From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy/Radio Shack Printers
Keywords: Tandy, DMP-200, CGP-220, Printers
Message-ID: <1591@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 89 20:57:45 GMT
References: <1994@gmu90x.UUCP> <852@spudge.UUCP> <1572@csm9a.UUCP> <3462@letni.LawNet.Com>
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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In article <3462@letni.LawNet.Com>, doug@letni.LawNet.Com (Doug Davis) writes:
> In article <1572@csm9a.UUCP> japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes:
> >Unfortunately Pizass Plus does not support any Tandy video modes or COLOR on
> >the CGP-220... but then this is typical... the industry will not support
> >Tandy standards because Tandy historically refuses to release numbers on
> >various machines sold or sell third party software in their stores...
> Oh, No? Then I guess the "1988 Express Order Catalog" that I have
> right here, that is WRITTEN by tandy,  PUBLISHED by tandy,  and available
> free of charge in your local TANDY computer center, subject to availability.
> Is just a figment of my imagination?  That must meen that the 300+ Pages
> with an average of 7 Third party peices of software per-page must *ALSO*
> be a figment of my imagination?  Perhaps if you were to ask really really
> nicely they might even give you a copy.

A few years back we went to 10 different RS's and asked for Coco items
known to be in the Express Order Catalog... when no one could tell us
they existed we asked if their was any OTHER source of software for
Tandy computers... not one store produced an express order catalog...

It's real nice that it exists but they ought to tell their shoe salemen!

> > and Tandy specific printers are worthless...
> Gee,  Such a broad statement, and I suppose that you can offer some
> suggestions on which NON-TANDY printer to use with say, Radio
> Shack Busniess Graphics packages?  Or how about Scripsit? Oh now
> theres an interesting item, voted the most popular unix word processor
> by the readers of "UNIX" world, and from the factory, scripsit only
> supports TANDY printers.

Says a lot about Word Processing on the UNIX platform doesn't it...
having tried Scrip"shit" on the Coco, Model III, Model 100, and MSDOS
platforms I found it to be the absolute WORST word processor in each
(well maybe not worst... there is after all Desk"crate")... I am amased
that their is nothing better under UNIX???

No wonder I use MSDOS!

> Maybe you should modify your statment a bit?

Maybe Tandy should modify the business practices that alienate so many of
their users.

			   - Joe Applegate -

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