scott@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Scott Anderson) (03/13/89)
Posted by: scott@questar.mn.org for brent@bthpyd.UUCP
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I recently purchased a 1-2-3 look-alike called VIP Professional, from
a mail-order company. I knew I was in trouble when the manual started
talking about needing "Amiga DOS 1.1 or higher"... hmmmmm...
I sent in the registration card, in in three days, it came back--Not
Deliverable at This Address. Their customer support hotline in
California has been disconnected. What, did Lotus sue them? :-)
(The manual is a real stitch to read; how they "conformed to the
1-2-3 standard"...)
Anyway, before they went under, did they send out any updates, bug
fixes, etc.? There seem to be some problems with it. I would appreciate
hearing from anyone who got these updates and could send them to me. I'd
also like to hear from anyone who has it running in 512K of memory under
1.3--this thing is a memory pig! Heck, I'd like to hear from anyone who
owns the thing, or who knows about this company. My mailbox is pretty
empty.
PLEASE DON'T POST--I no longer have access to the net. Send e-mail
to the address below.
Thanks!
Brent Nordquist | S&L Manager, examining some sheets of paper:
norbre@bthpyd.UUCP | "Mmmmm... I'm afraid we couldn't consider you
-------------------------+ a good risk, Mr. Fenwick... Oh, I'm sorry,
this is our annual report." -- Dunagin's People, 3/8/89
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Scott Anderson UUCP: scott@Questar.MN.ORG,
Questar Data Systems ...!amdahl!bungia!questar!scott
St. Paul, MN ATT: +1 612 688 0089ecphssrw@io.csun.edu (Stephen Walton) (03/17/89)
VIP Professional is a slow and lackluster clone of Lotus 1-2-3 release 1. Don't buy it. Even if the company hasn't gone out of business. Steve