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Re: A letter to Dave Baggett

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From: Chris Herborth
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:45
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In <1iobibINN79q@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, Steve Wells writes:
> Prism Paint?!  The Cyber-Series!?  CAD-3D!?  Spectrum 512 (a little dated
> but it produces nice pictures)..  True-Paint (Dunno if it's been released
> yet or not).  

None of those (well, other than CAD-3D) are vector packages...  I'd much
rather be using vector formats for my DTP (EPS, GEM, anything).

> If people wanted to run MS-Doze software, they would have purchased
> a 386, not an STE!  Think about it!!

Funny, I've been saying "I'd rather die than buy DOS/Windows."

> Also - did you know that the ST/E's biggest use, is for music!?  
> (You may have noticed those MIDI ports on the side 8-)  Built in as
> standard too!!  As well as those Stereo output sockets on the back of
> the STE<.  And Great software such as Notator, Cu-Base, etc. (Of which
> there's been a lot of rights-swapping lately.)

I've used my MIDI ports about three times in the past seven years...

> Dogs Crawl under fences.... Software crawls under windows....

Which is _exactly_ why I'm looking into OS/2...  I'm not one of the
ignorant masses, I know better.

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Chris Herborth
cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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From: cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth)
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Subject: Re: A letter to Dave Baggett
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