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Yes, I believe the pal chips were grounded. Memory test? No, haven't tried new kickstart disk, since with this one I get _no_ crashes if only the starboard is attached. Crashes occur randomly, usually when there is NO disk access occurring, almost everything I've tried runs most of the time,…
Charlie – oh, well, thanks! Unfortunately, I'm still haveing some random crashes of the system, though not as many as before. Any ideas on things I might need to check/replace/do?? I've lost the first two attempts at this reply to crashes, before that it hadn't misbehaved in over an hour.…
Charlie – well, I received a UPS red package from C Ltd today – another set of PAL chips, no pass through. Certainly not a second pass through. My secretary will call you in the AM to find out what to do with the PAL chips, and to see if…
Ron – I can well believe that I am not the only person that has had trouble with them. In fact, I have heard other complaints from people here, stories from dealers, but prior to this, hadn't had any direct experience with them. BTW – today a UPS red package…
#Lost Orders
Message #865
I would like to make a comment/complaint about the handling of my most recent order from your company. I purchased a Hard Drive controller a few weeks ago, to connect a Micropolis 80 Meg HD to my 1000. Found out I needed new PAL chips, so we ordered them directly…
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WordPerfect
Message #125520
nope. After reading the messages here, and having some … printer problems, I called and am waiting for the 4/29 version. Didn't even know about either of those updates until reading about them here. @ Anne
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#WordPerfect
Message #125167
Lynn – I'm _not_ criticizing WordPerfect's customer support or update policy in the slightest – I think they're fabulous, easily the best I've ever dealt with, and deserve all the good press they get. But Henry had commented that all WP users got a blind mailing update, and I wanted…
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#WordPerfect
Message #125167
Lynn – I'm _not_ criticizing WordPerfect's customer support or update policy in the slightest – I think they're fabulous, easily the best I've ever dealt with, and deserve all the good press they get. But Henry had commented that all WP users got a blind mailing update, and I wanted…
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#WordPerfect
Message #124477
well, not unexpected – after all, they've never really mentioned any other schedule. At least they're being consistent! @ Anne
Yeah, that's about what I had figured. Sigh.
Yeah, that's about what I had figured. Sigh.
But when is 5.0 for Amiga due out? Last I heard, they weren't promising it any sooner than a year from now. Have they moved up the time estimate? @ Anne
But when is 5.0 for Amiga due out? Last I heard, they weren't promising it any sooner than a year from now. Have they moved up the time estimate? @ Anne
I have nothing but good things to say about the customer support of WP. However, as a somewhat more cynical person I know pointed out, it's too bad that they have been called upon to provide _lots_ of support for a product released so full of bugs. I'm glad to…
I have nothing but good things to say about the customer support of WP. However, as a somewhat more cynical person I know pointed out, it's too bad that they have been called upon to provide _lots_ of support for a product released so full of bugs. I'm glad to…
Henry – Just to jump in here, I'm a registered owner/user of WordPerfect and have _never_ been mailed an update yet (I bought one of the first ones out, 7/something/87. After reading the messages here, I called them yesterday about some problems with printer selection and they cheerfully agreed to…
Henry – Just to jump in here, I'm a registered owner/user of WordPerfect and have _never_ been mailed an update yet (I bought one of the first ones out, 7/something/87. After reading the messages here, I called them yesterday about some problems with printer selection and they cheerfully agreed to…
Dave – glad to see John replied – since he's now my dealer, … I was planning on calling him to ask. Nothing like beating out the middleman!
Dave – sorry, don't have prices for font cartridges right … to hand, but will try to dig that up for you in the next couple of days. (And me, too, come to think of it!) I'll post it here when I find out. @ Anne
Dave – I have the Alps ALQ324 printer – wide carriage 24 … pin printer and love it. Its very fast, the colors are very intense in graphics mode and the letter quality of the text is good. I use the Epson LQ2500 driver you can find in DL 11…
Dick – sorry I didn't get back to you right away. I know the letter quality printing seems to take forever on the ALPS, slow to start and delays between each pass of the ribbon. But I've never had a problem with aborted printouts. Am uploading a revised driver to…
George – hmmmmm. I have the starboard2 on my 1000 (otherwise 512K) and workbench and FaccII both dutifully record the availability of approx. 2.5 MB of memory. I have not deliberately tried to fill up the ram: disk to see just how close I can come to this number, though.…
Dick – Glad there was a simple explanation for your problem. I had forgotten that you had a 2000. Yes, what I meant to say was to select "LETTER" quality in Preferences if you want the really saturated graphics printing, it's much slower but much nicer than the "draft" quality.…
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#ELQ2500 Driver Problems
Message #99735
Dick – I see John Sobernheim has already left you an answer to your message. the EPLQ2500.dat file isn't necessary, as he states, it's there to use with the PrtDrvGen program of Jorgen Thomsen if you wish. I noticed you have ELPQ2500 typed in your message instead of EPLQ2500 -…
Ed – Check Data Library 6 on the Forum here. There are a number of pictures there, many of which are in HAM mode. @ Anne
Jim – Interesting to hear that about Superbase. I don't use that program, so didn't know about that quirk. On the other hand, VIP Professional _does_ allow me to override my Preferences settings as far as margins, spacing and pitch goes. In fact, that was the only way I could…
I have both an old 1080 monitor (Oct '85) and new 1080 monitor (Oct 87). The difference in quality is tremendous. The dot size is noticeable even from across the roo Even with the "fuzzies" corrected, the lower quality of the 1080 on my 2000 system is disappointing. @ Anne…
Jim – Had the same experience with the newest release of WP and the printer driver. I know they say that they don't use the preferences driver, but if I don't have the proper driver selected in preferences, WP says that it cannot open the printer device. I also discovered…
Thanks for the tip! I too was having problems with the double printing on the NEC P2200, but after reading your message, I tried the tape trick and everything is fine. Graphics still print out OK from DPaintII, so I guess the extra line feed signal was only with text…
Dick – The printer ribbons I have are marked ALPS, and are somewhat different from other ribbons I have seen. They come both in four-color and plain black. I get them from my dealer since I live a long ways from real computer stores, don't know how generally available they…
Dick – I have an Alps ALQ324 printer – 24 pin, but wide carriage model. Have been VERY happy with it, very fast in draft and considerably faster in LQ mode than other 24 pin printers I have seen. The epson LQ2500 driver in DL 11 drives with without problems,…
Bob – I also have a star SG-10 and didn't want to toggle back and forth between IBM and Star modes. My major problem, though, was in getting the correct VMI codes in. If you like, I can E-mail all the codes I've put into the print-def program that are…