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#SB 4 Documents & Graphic

    11-Aug-93 21:14:21
Sb: #SB 4 Documents & Graphic
Fm: Bill Roberts 76056,1613
To: Oxxi Tech Support 76711,457
I have recently upgraded to SB Pro 4 ver 1.03 and ordered new manuals. So far, I have found what I would consider a major bug if I used graphics (I don't, so it is not a problem with me). I load the sample data file pictures. When I display the pictures in the records, the colors are all wrong (Mariel has green skin and bright red hair). It looks as though the color maps are really screwed up. This happens with all the pictures. When I display the pictures using the viewer in Directory Opus, they look fine. Mariel is in living black and white. When I load a file I saved back with SB personal (no number at all), the pictures are fine. What are you doing with the colors? I am running an Amiga 500 with 512K chip, 2.5 meg ram, Trumpcard 500 with a Quantum 105 meg disk, and an additional floppy. My real gripe, however is with the new documentation. Did you guys ever hear of proof reading? There are loads of misspellings. There are many cases where the font changes in the middle of a page. Headings are not consistantly spaced. I really liked the touch where you left out all the DML instructions from about SET FORMS to the end, then had to include an additional addenda. Several of the figures overlap the text. Simply put, it is not a very professional job. The old documentation was much better. I really hope you plan to replace this documentation, and provide updates to those who paid for it. I know that Oxxi may be having financial problems. This quality documentation gives the impression of a company that is about to fold. Bill Roberts — Autopilot from Ellettsville, Indiana