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    09-Sep-93 12:33:37
Fm: Andrew Porter 72134,2050
To: Ron Legro 75136,2066
Ron, I'll have to mention the IBM Scala story. Is Script X an IBM product (Ultimedia) or third party. I too heard it was going to be multiplatform but I'll bet you they mean IBM, Mac and maybe SGIs, not Amiga. 8( DTVW is a great idea whose time is overdue! I'll check it out. Usually I don't go out of my way to buy "video" mags 'cause they're about Toasters & TBCs and stuff, which I'm not likely to own anytime soon. Yes, Jerrell, the developer of Helm, was very patient with my questions before I purchased it (are you reading Jerrell??? *^) ) and seemed very conscientious and supporting about his product. Writing in C was something that I was considering but I have enough trouble with ARexx that I think it is unlikely. I have used the Director which is a sorta simplified Basic so Basic would likely be the way. Yes, I believe AmigaBasic was compatible with MSBasic but it isn't compatible with KS2/3. Oh, QT is a system resource? I understood it was just a utility. Ya, as a resource on the Amiga it would likely be a kludge. But it would be nice to create and share QT presentations. A QT clone, as you describe would be an excellent addition but it would be even better if there was some way of transfering it to other systems, via QT or any other standard of the day. Andrew