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| 3821.1 | No bargain but maybe $80 is the best price. | STAR::ROBINSON | | Mon Jun 04 1990 14:44 | 6 |
| I've seen v3 advertised mail order for about $95. The list price
went up for 3.0. At $80 I don't know that I'd "grab the update offer"
without seeing what the MO places will do for you, especially if
you are getting something else at the same time and get a break on
shipping etc.
Dave
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| 3821.2 | | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Mon Jun 04 1990 19:56 | 13 |
| Re .1:
> I've seen v3 advertised mail order for about $95.
That strikes me as low. List price is $180, or thereabouts. List
price for ProWrite 2.5 was $130.
> At $80 I don't know that I'd "grab the update offer" without seeing
> what the MO places will do for you, especially if you are getting
> something else at the same time and get a break on shipping etc.
Good advice. One way or another, I think you'll WANT ProWrite 3.0's
features, though. The enhancements are quite significant.
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| 3821.3 | That's the MO price | HPSCAD::DMCARR | Asleep at the mouse | Mon Jun 04 1990 21:26 | 15 |
| 3821.4 | Such a deal? | LEDS::BUSCH | Dave Busch at NKS1-2 | Tue Jun 05 1990 17:19 | 6 |
| I hate to gloat :+) but perhaps I got the best deal when I upgraded from
ProWrite 2.0 to 2.5 for $25 (I think it was $25). Since 3.0 was on the way, they
sent me a certificate for a free upgrade when it became available. I've sent in
my order and am currently awaiting the upgrade.
Impatiently, Dave
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| 3821.5 | Features ? | LAPUTA::GOULNIK | Yves GOULNIK - EAITC/Mfg Valbonne | Fri Jun 08 1990 20:22 | 5 |
| RE:.2
Whate are the *significant* new features ? I have v2.04 (I think)
and ProScript which I use fairly often for simple stuff. I'd like
to know what's cooking...
Yv
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| 3821.6 | V3.1 | POLAR::GOSLING | | Thu Oct 11 1990 15:00 | 15 |
| I called the ProWrite folks yesterday to confirm what I read in a
recent Amazing regarding upgrading to V3.1. They confirmed that
V3.0 owners could get the upgrade for $10 (+ $5 S&H for
International customers - Little do they know that it cost less
to mail it from the U.S. to Canada then it would to mail it across
Canada - grrrrrrr) and the original V3.0 Program Disk.
I also asked them about the status of ProScript. Apparently there
is none other then the fact that their development A3000 went down
and is with Commodore for repair. This is unfortunate, as it
limits the ability to use the features such as multi-columns and
the like if you plan on outputting to a PS printer.
Art
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| 3821.7 | What's in V3.1? | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Thu Oct 11 1990 17:35 | 26 |
| Re .6:
> I called the ProWrite folks yesterday to confirm what I read in a
> recent Amazing regarding upgrading to V3.1. They confirmed that V3.0
> owners could get the upgrade for $10 (+ $5 S&H for International
> customers - Little do they know that it cost less to mail it from the
> U.S. to Canada then it would to mail it across Canada - grrrrrrr) and
> the original V3.0 Program Disk.
Anybody know what's new in V3.1? I'm quite happy with V3.0 and I
wonder what features await me (and if it's worth $10 to get them).
> I also asked them about the status of ProScript. Apparently there is
> none other then the fact that their development A3000 went down and is
> with Commodore for repair. This is unfortunate, as it limits the
> ability to use the features such as multi-columns and the like if you
> plan on outputting to a PS printer.
I also have ProScript and am irked by the limitations it puts on me.
At present, I have to format the document with ProWrite 2.5 in order to
have things display properly via ProScript. I sent a letter to New
Horizons suggesting that an updated version ProScript was now overdue,
but received no response. I'm baffled by the explanation given above.
Perhaps New Horizons is too embarrassed to admit they left their only
copy of the new ProScript sources on the ailing machine's hard drive
(that's sheer speculation, folks 8^).
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| 3821.8 | re: .7 | POLAR::GOSLING | | Thu Oct 11 1990 19:34 | 17 |
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RE: .7
From what I recall from the AC article, the major upgrades are
that the File Requester has been changed (no more cylcing through
the drives) and the ability to SPEAK the text has been added.
> but received no response. I'm baffled by the explanation given above.
> Perhaps New Horizons is too embarrassed to admit they left their only
> copy of the new ProScript sources on the ailing machine's hard drive
> (that's sheer speculation, folks 8^).
Excellent guess, they told me they lost the hard drive.
Art
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