brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandonius) (02/03/90)
In addition to poor documentation, I have three problems:
1. The documentation states that there are stacks included
in the "Ideas" section of the ControlRoom.
There aren't.
It says to ring their BBS. Fat lot of good that'll
do if you don't have a modem.
2. Everytime I try to use the program disk by opening a stack,
then closing one, a requestor says the disk is full.
So what? I'm not changing a thing. It will not even
cancel...so it hangs.
3. You're supposed to add:
ASSIGN ULTRA: DH0:
to your startup_sequence. I did, then rebooted.
It hung. Nice.
I am going to see if I can return it, but I am so disappointed with this
supposedly "promising" product, that I will not consider it again. It
is typical of too much Amiga software with erratic, poor standards.
This is another advantage of the Mac world ...S/W standards are higher.
No, I don't own one. But it seems to me that you can have all the potential
power in the world, but if you can't use it well, it's effectively useless.
(or greatly diminished)
This is not the first program of such poor quality that I have encountered.
Just another one, and another,...
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=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----===== es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (02/04/90)
In article <1672@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandonius) writes: >I am going to see if I can return it, but I am so disappointed with this >supposedly "promising" product, that I will not consider it again. It >is typical of too much Amiga software with erratic, poor standards. > >This is another advantage of the Mac world ...S/W standards are higher. No sarcasm intended, but you get what you pay for. I was lucky enough to win UC. Otherwise I might have bought it. I think it's plain I have strong feelings about UC. It was very buggy. Mike Lehman started posting updates to his BBS almost once a week and yet the program kept crashing. What really bothers me is that he has no intention of fixing the problems with UltraCard. He instead has a new program called UltraCard Plus which of course has an upgrade fee. Basically he left the owners with the choice of paying more money or using a program with the utility of the original PageStream. At least PageStream has finally fixed their problems and is NOT charging for upgrades. I have not heard one good thing about UC. You might try exchanging the program for CanDo. CanDo does what you wanted UC to do, although at close to triple the price. -- Ethan If I start evangelizing too much about UC/CanDo please someone warn me. If flames are appropriate I'd appreciate the courtesty of Email instead! 8^>
dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson) (02/05/90)
In article <1672@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandonius) writes: > >In addition to poor documentation, I have three problems: > [Bad Stuff About UltraCard Deleted.. too bad it can't be done to the program that easily] >I am going to see if I can return it, but I am so disappointed with this >supposedly "promising" product, that I will not consider it again. It >is typical of too much Amiga software with erratic, poor standards. > >This is another advantage of the Mac world ...S/W standards are higher. ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ >No, I don't own one. But it seems to me that you can have all the potential >power in the world, but if you can't use it well, it's effectively useless. >(or greatly diminished) > >This is not the first program of such poor quality that I have encountered. >Just another one, and another,... > > >=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----===== > | BRANDON G. LOVESTED > \ | / Software Entomologist > \ | / Tektronix, Inc. > --- - (*) - --- brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM >=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----=====-----+-----===== I just encountered these advantages just last night. I'm working on my Formal lab report for physics. I simple 15-20 page report, with a few graphs, and a pain in the ass.. so I decide how I'm going to start it. I have A-Max, 3 drives and 3 megs, with MicroSoft Works & Cricket Graph. I can make graphs and clip them directly to Works, where they will be integrated with the data (also clipped from Cricket Graph). Add to this some nice fonts, WYSIWYkindaG, and decent Speed (I **DESPISE** Multifinder, but it IS getting the job done, and isn't too complicated!) I have the Amiga 2000, 3 megs, 40 meg HD, 2 floppies, & Modem. I have WordPerfect, which is fine for the text, but what about the graphs??? (They would have to be semi-structured graphs to be usable, not just IFF Pics, which tend to get warped). I couldn't find a solution (Use Dpaint? Yeah right... Use text chars.. sure, might as well be doing it by hand..) Oh well.. guess that's why I bought A-Max in the first place (And am glad I won't have a need for it [hopefully] after this weekend... we got some new software on the Vax that should do some of these things) Daniel Richardson Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology
Sullivan@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall) (02/10/90)
>> >>This is another advantage of the Mac world ...S/W standards are higher. > ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ >>No, I don't own one. But it seems to me that you can have all the potential >>power in the world, but if you can't use it well, it's effectively useless. >>(or greatly diminished) >> > >I just encountered these advantages just last night. I'm working on my >Formal lab report for physics. I simple 15-20 page report, with a few >graphs, and a pain in the ass.. so I decide how I'm going to start it. > I have the Amiga 2000, 3 megs, 40 meg HD, 2 floppies, & Modem. I >have WordPerfect, which is fine for the text, but what about the >graphs??? (They would have to be semi-structured graphs to be usable, >not just IFF Pics, which tend to get warped). I couldn't find a >solution (Use Dpaint? Yeah right... Use text chars.. sure, might as well >be doing it by hand..) > Try: METAFONT -Sullivan Segall _________________________________________________________________ /V\ Sullivan was the first to learn how to jump without moving. ' Is it not proper that the student should surpass the teacher? To Quote the immortal Socrates: "I drank what?" -Sullivan _________________________________________________________________ Mail to: ...sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Sullivan or Sullivan@cup.portal.com
dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson) (02/12/90)
Question: What IS Metafont? Never heard of it! <Use Standard Sig Here...>