Take a shot at EA
15-Jul-86 16:00:39
Sb: #26763-Take a shot at EA
Fm: Thomas Holaday 70407,534
To: Electronic Arts 76004,237
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The Deluxe Video Construction Set should carry a recommendation of 640K Ram,
rather than 512K. A less-technical friend of mine spent DAYS trying to do a
color cycle and two detailed object animations together and kept bombing out.
The DVCS should have a hard copy of _one_ of the demo files in the manual so
that folks can follow along with their finger a{ stuff happens on screen and
get the hang of it.
In general, DVCS is mucho powerful, but discouraging for the beginner. { It
is obvious that EA put an enormous effort into making DVCS as simple as it
is. But an example spelling out exactly how one of the professional demos
does its magic is called for.