#Timesaver it ain't
19-Jul-87 21:21:08
Sb: #76899-#Timesaver it ain't
Fm: Greg White 72105,1616
To: Bill Atkinson 76317,246
Bill,
First of all the ForumHelp file says that messages can be 96 lines or
approximately 2000 characters, which ever comes first. Since I was uploading
these as files I broke them apart as clean as possible at natural gaps without
breaking up the sentences.
1) As I said the "cheap case" doesn't bother me. Mine stays together fine. Why
should I want them to spend more money on a case that works fine for me and is
never seen. If you were unhappy with yours, did you talk to CLtd?
2) I did not use the term "well-written". I said it was "concise and to the
point" and that I had no trouble understanding it. I am sorry if you did. I
have spent the last 10 years deciphering DEC manuals. This was a piece of cake.
3) I play Mr Wizard all the time. but first I ohmed out the cable. As I said in
my message, while I was composing the first message, that I powered down and
substituted an Radio Shack cable that I had around. No problems. Maybe this was
a problem and CLtd corrected it. I can only say that it is not true for my
unit.
4) I don't believe I agreed with you about the interaction with the Amiga. I
was disappointed, you seemed mad. Look at it this way, I paid $60 for ATime and
$80 for TimeSaver. I got a clock that keeps the time/date stamp on my files
correct and requires no mods to the boot disk. I got macros that work with
every program I have tried and that consume no system memory. If you are using
a commercial program that self-boots and restricts multitasking, then none of
your macro or hotkey programs will work. Plus, if I sent in all of the
shareware fees that the programmers wanted, I would probably be close to the
price of TimeSaver. Not that I have anything against shareware. I have used
(and paid for) many of them.