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#Street Atlas?

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#16986From: Mark McQueenJan 14, 1992 1:31 PM
I don't know what the "Tiger files" are, but the product sounds great. But Windows-only seems like a limited market, IMHO. Mark
#17019From: DeLorme Mapping SystemsJan 15, 1992 8:51 AM
I agree. We have not ruled out a DOS version totally. ken
#17049From: DAVID JUSTICEJan 15, 1992 8:35 PM
If you're not too squeezed for space, perhaps you could place both a DOS version and WINDOWS version of the access program(s) on the same disk. That way, you could sell the same disk to those who use WINDOWS, those who won't use WINDOWS, and those who don't use WINDOWS yet.
#17080From: DeLorme Mapping SystemsJan 16, 1992 8:19 AM
Just what we were thinking. No need to even ship a floppy. There is plenty of space left on the disk for other things. ken
#17102From: Anthony CatalanoJan 16, 1992 7:15 PM
The DeLorme map sounds like a great product. It runs under windows though… is anything besides the CD-ROM driver and MSCDEX needed to run it under Windows(God you don't mean Multimedia Streetmaps? With all those people unemployed…) Seriously nothing special?
#17120From: DeLorme Mapping SystemsJan 17, 1992 8:48 AM
All you need is Windows and a CD that works with it. We don't rewuire (sp) require MPC extensions. We didn't put any silly filler on the disk. It's FULL of map data. As for all thos unemployed, what are we supposed to do ? We could feel sad and close up shop but what good would that do anyone?
#17169From: David HaydenJan 18, 1992 8:53 PM
Anthony, I have Street Atlas. You don't need anything other than mscdex, and it's REALLY easy to setup. You run the setup program, give it a directory where it should store the program files, and it does the rest. Dave
#17193From: Keith E. MyersJan 19, 1992 2:13 PM
David, how much space is needed for Street Atlas' hard disk files?
#17209From: David HaydenJan 19, 1992 8:11 PM
Keith, The Street Atlas files take up about 2MB of hard disk space. Dave
#17047From: DANIEL LATNERJan 15, 1992 8:26 PM
I'd buy a DOS version if it came out. Windows…? bleah. -Dan