CompuServe Messages

I want to pick some nits. Sorry, but I can't help it — it's in my genes!<g> * I thoroughly dislike Autodesk's "new" packaging — ie the use of corrogated cardboard for the manual cases, as debuted with ACADr12. Yech! Does not look like I paid $3-4k for it. * I was kind of appalled by the new 3DSr3 box. The artwork is okay, I've nothing against it, but gosh!–why isn't it something generated with 3DS? I'd think twice about any software that wasn't used to create its own product paraphanalia (I mean, were the renderings in the book done with 3DS or Topas?<g>). Seriously! And, the artwork is on the BACK end of the box! When I stick it on the shelf, you can't see anything but a big purple end! With the r2 box (done with 3DS imagery on nice heavy cardboard, I might add), the box's artwork was applied symetrically, allowing it to be enjoyed sitting on the shelf. * There is an error of ommission in the 3DSr3 Installation guide (and I'm sending a copy of this item to Jack). On page 106 (Ch.5, "Performance and Memory Management"), under the heading "Quarterdeck QEMM and Qualitas 386-to-the-Max", it states that deactivating the EMS page frame also disables VCPI, thus keeping 3DS from executing. While this is true, in and of itself, with QEMM you can add "FEMS:Y" (or "ForceEMS:Y") to the QEMM line in the Config.Sys to "re-enable" VCPI even with no page frame. This is how I use it, and I have had zero problems. Anyway, I'm sure I'll love EVERYTHING ELSE about 3DSr3 — I just had to get this off my chest!