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Re: Free Appsoft Draw

#763
From: Robert D. Nicholson
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:24
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frank@ifi.unibas.ch (Robert Frank) writes:

>In article <1992Aug17.055844.584@appsoft.com>  writes:
>> A fully functional copy of Appsoft Draw which you can authorize for 30 days  
>has  
>> been uploaded to the sonata.cc.purdue.edu archive under /pub/next/demos. 
>> 
>> Draw has been shipping for three months and is getting good reviews from  
>users.   
>> Chuck Hansen at Motorola writes that Appsoft Draw is "awesome."  
>> 
>> Independent designer Michael Bodily says, "Draw is easier to use  
>> than Illustrator.  It's perfect for corporate or in-house use."  NeXTWORLD  
>> magazine calls it "ideal as a basic drawing tool for both general users and  
>> professional illustrators."  
>> 
>> Find out for yourself.  Here's how it works.  You have to first download the  
>> AppsoftDraw.tar file and install it.  Then when you start your copy of Draw,  
>> you will be asked to call Appsoft, toll free, at 1-800-428-2777.  When you  
>call  
>> us and give us your serial number, we will give you an authorization number  
>on  
>> the spot which will turn on Draw for 30 days.  If you get stuck, consult the  
>> fully indexed Help files included with the application.  Or call us direct  
>and  
>> we will be happy to help you out.
>> 
>> Spread the word about  Appsoft Draw!  Feel free to give a copy of your demo  
>> disk to anybody else with a NeXT machine.  Enter the Appsoft Draw Art Contest  
>> described in the enclosed flier.  Send us your creations and you could win  
>free  
>> copies of Appsoft Draw and Appsoft Image, our new photo editing and image  
>> processing package due out in October.  Above all, tell us what you think  
>about  
>> the application.  We are always interested in feedback and suggestions.
>> 
>> Peter Seymour
>> Director of Sales
>> 
>> pseymour@appsoft.com
>> 
>> Appsoft, Inc.
>> 255 Shoreline Dr., Suite 520
>> Redwood City, CA 94065
>> 415 802-2900   fax   415 592-6043

>Nice, and now for some fire from abroad: (also mailed directly)

>Have you (AppSoft) fixed the damm problems with the "forreign" characters? I  
>WANT TO TYPE UMLAUTS! It won't work in AppsoftDraw - it worked in the last  
>release of Draw ...

>And: how doy you think we (from outside the USA) are to reach you at the 1-800  
>number??????? 

>-Robert
>--
>Robert Frank                         tel. + (061) 321 99 67                 
>Institut fuer Informatik             fax  + (061) 321 99 15                 
>University of Basel, Switzerland                                            
>Mittlere Strasse 142      rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT mail accepted)  
>CH-4056 Basel          X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch
>                   ( if all fails try frank@urz.unibas.ch )

Re: 1-800 likewise here, perhaps a mail address can be set up as well, seems 
the simplest solution.
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From: ede978e@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson)
Subject: Re: Free Appsoft Draw
Message-ID: <1992Aug17.122456.19535@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
References: <1992Aug17.055844.584@appsoft.com> <1992Aug17.092120.16171@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:24:56 GMT
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