This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Anthony: I have the Compton Encyclopedia, and am impressd. Sure, the articles are a little abbreviated compared to Brittanica, but the convenience and the multimedia features make up for it. It's neat to be able to just type-in any subject and get the info on it. A general comment: The…
Knowing Commodore's business history, they'll probably open the plant in the Philipines just as the Communists stage a major insurrection… Tim
Bill- Did you upgrade to BBM 3.0? Previous versions couldn't handle more than one tax catagory. What about resale accounts? Lots of other problems, and an unresponsive "support" system. I liked S.A.I. better, but it too, was plagued with shortcomings. We do all of our accounting on PCs (Novell network)…
Bill- Good luck with S.I.A. It *could* have been a great program, but the Amiga accounting software market is so anemic, developers won't waste development resources on it. I doubt if S.I.A. will ever see the features it needs. It can't even do simple alphabetical sorts. You can only print…
Dear C. Davey Utter: I think Gregory was asking about canned business accounting packages; Phasar is more of a personal finance package. Tim
Gregory- I have experience with both. neither one of them is perfect, but Easy Ledgers is the better of the two, in my opinion. It does, however, lack some basic features…like some simple sorting , etc. Sybiz has a much better version of the same program for the IBM &…
Spencer: The physical data and software incompatibilities have been well known for quite a while. Depending on what you want to do with the computer, this may or may not be a problem. Hardware gliches? My 3000 hasn't had any. Maybe for your purposes you jumped the gun a little.…
#2.0 ROMS
Message #29370
All: I've been off the Amiga SIG for a little while and am out of touch…; I have an A3000. Any word YET on the 2.0 ROMs?? Tim PS…Is anyone offering 68040 accelerator boards yet? How much? Tim
Ethan- I had heard Motorola hadn't completely debugged the `040 yet. Other than som heavy-duty ray tracing, why would anyone want anything faster than the 50 MHz board? Intel has announced they will come out with a 50 MHz 80486 early next year, and the `586 perhaps at the end…
Steve- In your opinion, what has kept NewTek afloat all the while the Toaster was in development? I mean, doesn't everyone that wanted one already have a Digiview? All those full-page color ads, etc…must've gotten some investor in on the deal. Tim
Brad- I think in semi-professional and professional markets, the Toaster will be an important product for the Amiga…but at $1600, don't look for the average dealer to be selling them hand over fist to the average user. Tim
Steve- If the Amiga sells superbly in Europe, perhaps we could spread a rumor that American citizenship comes complete with a government-supplied Amiga system. Hey, they remodeled Ellis Island just in time! Tim
Mark- I agree with one of your comments: Service Industry Accounting is the best accounting software for the Amiga…nothing comes close. I was using Amigas here at the office, but we needed to network…and that means PCs, Novell, etc. I still think that other than the video nitch market, CBM…
Robert: How old are you? Maybe about 13 or 14? Your outburst betrays a lack of maturity. Brown-Wagh primarily markets productivity software. Outside of graphics, animation, and to a lesser degree, DTP…Amiga users don't care much for the standard computer applications: spreadsheets, account ing software, etc. This isn't Brown-Wagh's or…
Steve- You convinced me. I ordered Elite from Lloyd a couple of days ago. It seems to have all the features I've been looking for: 1. Multiuser 2. Sorts 3. 5 customer price levels 4. Purchase orders 5. Huge accout capacity Sounds great! Tim
Steve- What is the cost for the single user version of Elite? To be perfectly clear, you're saying I can set up S.I.A. on a P.C., then down the road buy Elite and simply use a utility to import the data…? Is the structure of Elite anything like S.I.A.? Tim
Steve- I'm looking forward to using Elite, but am still confused by the single-user and network versions…Lloyd said something about a software "key" that "unlocks" the programs networking ability (for an extra cost…)? Also, as I understand it, files generated from S.I.A. (PC version) can be converted via a software…
Tony- The introduction and wide accolades for Windows 3.0 may slow the introduction of O/S-2 for a couple of years…applications will be rewritten for Windows. Tim
#18303-
Any new versions?
Message #18418
Duke- Thanks for the reply. Heck, with 60 million DOS pcs out there, you gotta go where the bucks are. I have a `386 machine as well as an Amiga, but have no plans to change to the PC Windows version. Tim
#18323-
#Good Bye
Message #18417
Steve- Yeah, it's just weird. No problems with two Amigas running EasyLedgers with moderate amounts of input, and the third machine getting a LOT of input goes down twice a day. In preparation for using the Elite PC version, I'm setting up S.I.A. on a PC. Lloyd tells me the…
Betty- Easyledgers is OK for light use. The program will crash under pressure when you undertake extensive data entry like big batches of invoices, etc. EasyLedgers has a big brother called Service Industry Accounting – Elite. It runs on a PC or clone, and can be networked. Tim
Roy- How do your customers rate EasyLedgers? It crashes on me (or I should say our data entry person) every time we enter lots of invoice in one sitting. Other Amigas running the program in our sales office processing maybe one invoice every 10 minutes or so do fine. Tim
Betty- EasyLedgers is primarily a business accounting program, not one for personal fianances. It has many good features, but even the current version (B2) will crash under heavy use. No one has been able to figure out why. The PC version is receiving all the development dollars. Tim
Jamie- Thanks for the feedback. ProPage has always seemed more sluggish to me than most other Amiga productivity software I've used. Maybe it's partially because of all the slower chip RAM it uses. For instance, the menues drop down with a slight hesitation, etc. Other programs are real fast in…
Jamie- How does ProPage work on the 3000? Is it noticeably faster? It's the one program I use where (much) more speed would be appreciated. I plan to get a 3000, probably in October, when everything settles down. Now, I have 3 A2000s in the office here. They generate invoices…
Steve- Is there an upgrade to version B2 of EASYLEDGERS for the Amiga? I have B2, and inputting all day will lead to at least one crash per day, and that's on two different Amigas…one vanilla, one with an CBM `020 card. Also, some features need to be upgraded, like…
Jamie- What kind of business software are you running on your 3000? Tim
Thom- "…decent audio CD player?"….Heck, I've never heard a CD player I *didn't* like….have you? Tim
Ben- And… (3) The marketing types convince people they need one. Tim
Stan- Yeah, well there're about 16000 programs around for an Apple II, but *I* ain't gonna buy one… Tim
David- Beta lost the war because of inferior marketing, not licensing the format to a lot of other firms (thereby creating a standard) and because there initial format (Beta I) only had a one-hour record time. It's generally acknowledged that Beta's quality was a little better than VHS, but not…
John- Only the $2000+ industrial laser disk players have serial ports. I think that consumer level machines will gain them toward the end of this year maybe…? Tim
Kevin- The only "interactive" laser disk I have is ABC's EARTHQUAKE disk, on the Loma Prieta earthquake of last October. In this case, "interactive" simply means that before each sequence, you have the choice to view it or skip ahead a chapter or two. Primitive, but at least you're being…
C.D.U.- Never curled up with an encylopedia? Turn to the volume with the article on "Agricultural exports of New Zealand", or some other esoteria. Better than a sleeping pill… Tim
Yeah, the "basic" Encyclopedia Britannica set is about $1000; of course, you can't curl up in bed with a CD like a you can with a real book…
Rick- The stock has inched down a little lately. You know, if Apple or Nintendo had shown the CD ROM thing at CES rather than Commodre, I bet the press would have gone wild with superlatives. As it was, it was just one of several products covered in the newspaper.…
Steve- You optimistic analysis intrigues me…I've been thinking about the wisdom of buying a 3000 when available (I have two 2000s) because of CBMs relatively weak position in the computer market (compared to Apple and IBM, of course). I use the computers at work for business purposes as a write-off,…
Rick- Try mutual funds. Unless you like to live with High Risk rollercoaster rides. Other than some loyalty to CBM, I'd have to advise anyone I know against their stock at this time. Depends on what they got up their sleeve this summer. Tim
Steve- Why's the stock going up? Is there going to be an into at the June CES involving that CD ROM – game machine thing? Tim
OK, so maybe the stock on occasion goes up all by its lonesome. But not often. I sold mine about 4 years ago, and lost about 30% of my investment (only a few hundred bucks). However, a friend of mine bought back in CBM's heyday at $35 per share. He's…
I think CBM's stock just went up with the market as a whole. Watching CBM's stock performance for years now, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone (well, I *do* have a few enemies…).
#106493-
The Curse of Amiga
Message #106925
Thomas- Also, a lot of software workalikes have been popping up to give PostScript a run for the money. This has all been inspired by Adobe's high licensing fees… Tim
#Color Carts for Deskjet?
Message #106004
Don- Are you aware of any other cartridges for the H.P. Deskjet Plus that are not black? Someone mentioned the availability of color ink carts, but I haven't been able to find out anything. Tim
Ray- I use a NEC Multisync Plus, and haven't noticed any blurring. Maybe the phosphor on your monitor is a little different… Tim
Ian- You must have seen the FlickerFixer working in tandem with a longpersistance monitor, or there was some other problem. I've had one since they first came out, and under normal use there is no ghosting. The F. Fixer is a great product. Tim
Art- I "think" I'll pass on CBM stock. The Amiga's a fine box, but the helmsmen at Commodore have yet to prove themselves. PS….I have a friend who bought at $35 per share in `84…. Tim
Vic- Thanks for the feedback. With the announcement of AmigaVision, the question becomes moot anywaBeing a videophile of the Laserdisk persuasion, I've always envied the Mac crowd becuase of their Hypercard/LV stuff. Now we have a tool to do the same thing with AmigaVision. I hope Voyager and some of…
Steve- T'would be a shame, though. I think at least one final update instituting these changes in EasyLedgers would be in order. The program is functional as it is, but the one decent accounting program for the Amiga deserves better. Thanks for the feedback. Tim Avery
3000 Rollout Account
Message #102177
Arnie- I'd love to see software for the Amiga that would tie-in laser disk players. I have the Louvre collection, and as you know hypercard stacks are available for the Mac to interact with these images. Tim Avery
Steve Tim Avery here. I don't know if you mber me or not, but I'm the guy who was working with EasyLedgers. I've been using it now for some time, and can now give you detailed feedback. It's a good program (the *only* decent accounting program for the Amiga) but…
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