PROVERO@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (Josh Rovero) (11/23/89)
A friend locally has version 1.2.2 of Ultracard and is still experiencing
*lots* of problems. Is there a later version on the street yet?
Josh Rovero Internet: PRovero@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Packet Radio: KK1D@WD4MIZ
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-------morris-ng@cup.portal.com (Yuklung Morris Ng) (11/24/89)
The latest version I got is 1.4 (UltraCard). Please contact the author for upgrade. - Morris
jmoore@atisun.dt.navy.mil (Jim Moore) (11/24/89)
The latest version of UltraCard (as of Today) is 1.4.5. New (supposedly better)documentation is available for $10 plus S&H from Intuitive Technologies and the ascii text is supposedly going to be available for download from their BBS (408)-373-4018 RSN. My personal experience with this product and company have been rather poor. The initial commercial release (1.1.1) was bugg ridden slow, had lousy documentation, and a reasonable price ($50.00). Their support is sporadic and not real well organized. I had four phone calls to their answering machine go unanswered.I know the author (Mike Lehman) was having some personal problems at the time...but he did not tell us so by altering the message on the answering machine or leaving a msg on the BBS. He IS running a BUSINESS. It took 4.5 weeks to get the new version, he had promised 2. It took 3 months to get a version that would not crash every five minutes. I think the product has potential, but that is all so far. It does not run on my 1000 with hard disk and 1MB RAM (about 700K free) because the executable is @250K and seems to take about 300K for dynamic data structures and screens and windows etc... So, my reccomendations are : 1) if you already own UC download the new version from their BBS, you have a bat's chance in hades getting it in any decent time frame via the mail 2) if you don't already own it - wait until version 2.0 comes out. 3) in any case, take a look at CanDo, it might be a more stable and professionally supported package. Jim Moore jmoore@dt.navy.mil The opinions stated above are mine, anyone in authoriy is at home today.