[net.micro.cpm] scribble

gbs@voder.UUCP (George Smith) (01/24/85)

[scribble has gone the way of the line eater bug]

I gave Mark of the Unicorn a call this morning.  I was seeking an
update to a program we bought from them 3 years ago called scribble.
It was a word processing package patterned after scribe.  The version
we have is v1.3 and I know that at one time they were selling v1.4
which had bug fixes and enhancements.  However, a very nice girl
from MOTU informed me that scribble is a non-product and that there
are no updates possible.  I asked her about v1.4 and she said go
ahead and get it any way possible.  Does anyone out there have v1.4?
I would be willing to pay for media and postage to any kind soul
who can help me out.

P.S. Maybe we should ask MOTU to donate scribble to the Public Domain
     since they have no further interest in it?

-- 
George B. Smith
National Semiconductor
...!{ihnp4!nsc | decvax!decwrl!nsc | ucbvax}!voder!gbs

Michal Young <young@Uci-Icse.ARPA> (01/29/85)

  It certainly would be nice if scribble were released to the public domain.
A lot of Kaypro owners have Perfect Writer/Perfect Formatter, which are 
clones of Mince/Scribble.  But unlike Scribble, P. Formatter did not 
come with source code, and so Kaypro owners have not been able to customize
the formatting to their likes and needs.  (Or was it just Mince that 
came with source?)  
--Michal Young, UC Irvine
  young@uci