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From: stephen@hpdmd48.HP.COM (Stephen Holmstead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga questions
Message-ID: <15440020@hpdmd48.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Mar 90 17:11:40 GMT
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Daytrpr @max.u.washington.edu writes:
>  I'm thinking of purchasing a new system (I have a humble 64 now),
>and was wondering what everyone thinks of their amiga's. 

The Amiga is a great machine for the money.  I really enjoy mine. 
Buy an Amiga and be happy. :-)

>More
>specifically, I was wondering if there is a REALLY GOOD CAD program
>on the market (professional quality).  I would use it was CAD work
>as well as technical reporting, so if anyone could comment on these    
>uses with the Amiga I'd appreciate it.

The best CAD programs that I know of are PD.  I made the mistake of
buying DynamiCAD.  It has the absolutely WORST user interface known to
mankind.  Anyone want to buy a copy of DynamiCAD for cheap? :-)

I also have the public domain (maybe shareware) programs mCAD and Plans.
mCAD is a fairly simple program but has a nice interface.  Plans is
somewhat cryptic, but once you learn it, it does a good job.

In fact, most of the programs that I use on a regular basis anymore are
either PD or shareware.  There are some VERY GOOD authors out there
creating VERY GOOD programs for the amiga and then giving them to us.
For example, there is SKSH, DNET:, PLT:, SnipIt, etc.  Also, PD games
are good, too.

It seems that most of the commercial programs have wacky copy protection
that doesn't let you put them on a harddisk, can't back them up, or they
don't multitask.  The PD and shareware stuff seems to far superior to
the commercial stuff in these areas.

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