drpwilliams@watmath.waterloo.edu (Don R. P. Williams) (03/16/88)
A friend of mine bought an Amiga500 and the
software package that included Diga! around Christmas.
He is having problems setting up scripts that send files.
He asked for my help, but alas, everything I tried from
the manual failed.
All I can get it to do is send a FILENAME, but not
an actual FILE. Is this a known bug?
I heard Diga! was buggy but it can't send files via
scripts? That would seem to be grounds for a recall of
the product!
If somebody knows what's going on, could you
please help? Send replies via e-mail. Thanks.
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\XX/ UUCP: drpwilliams@watmath.waterloo.edupapa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (03/17/88)
In article <17505@watmath.waterloo.edu| drpwilliams@watmath.waterloo.edu (Don R. P. Williams) writes: | A friend of mine bought an Amiga500 and the |software package that included Diga! around Christmas. |He is having problems setting up scripts that send files. |He asked for my help, but alas, everything I tried from |the manual failed. | | All I can get it to do is send a FILENAME, but not |an actual FILE. Is this a known bug? | | I heard Diga! was buggy but it can't send files via |scripts? That would seem to be grounds for a recall of |the product! I think you are right. But then he did not pay that much for Diga!, right :-)? [my asbestos suit is ON] -- Marco
David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com (03/18/88)
Good luck! Aegis doesn't even support Diga!! I called them in Nov., they told me an 'upgrade' (not a de-bugged version, mind you...) in '12 weeks' but they never ONCE even asked me what was wrong! How's THAT for 'customer service'!!!! Easily the worst software I ever bought... Dave !sun!portal!cup.portal.com!david_a_parsons (I think...)
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (03/20/88)
In article <3937@cup.portal.com> David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com writes: >Aegis doesn't even support Diga!! [ ... ] > >Easily the worst software I ever bought... > You realize, of course, that Aegis has four testing phases. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Diga. (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (03/21/88)
In article <5475@well.UUCP| ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: |In article <3937@cup.portal.com| David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com writes: ||Aegis doesn't even support Diga!! [ ... ] ||Easily the worst software I ever bought... || | You realize, of course, that Aegis has four testing phases. | | Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Diga. I needed this to wake me up this sunday morning. Leo, you are as funny as good a programmer (is this English? I guess you know what I mean, anyway). -- Marco P.S.: Sorry for the waste of bandwidth. I'll shut up for a while.
langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner) (03/21/88)
In article <7768@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >Leo, you are as funny as good a programmer (is this English?...) Maybe you meant "Leo, you are as funny as a good programmer". :-) Be seeing you... --Lang Zerner langz@athena.mit.edu ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!langz "To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must first be stupid enough to want it." -- G.K. Chesterson
schwager@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu (03/22/88)
...edited... > /* Written 5:47 pm Mar 17, 1988 by David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com in uxg.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.amiga */ > > Aegis doesn't even support Diga!! I called them in Nov., they told me > an 'upgrade' (not a de-bugged version, mind you...) in '12 weeks' but > they never ONCE even asked me what was wrong! How's THAT for 'customer > service'!!!! > Easily the worst software I ever bought... > Dave > /* End of text from uxg.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.amiga */ Let me add to that: > Easily the worst software I ever bought... DITTO!!! Had I known better, I would have just obtained vt100... it's all I use now, anyhow (although DNET looks *excellent*... except it jams our ports when doing up/downloads on the mainframe). Diga? is a waste of your money! -Mike Schwager -- {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!schwager schwager%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa University of Illinois, Dept. of Computer Science
langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner) (03/24/88)
In various articles schwager@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu David_A_Parsons@cup.portal.com,
and some others write:
> [Diga! is the worst program I've ever used]
In defense of Diga!, I have to say it has served me well since I got it several
months ago. Simple scripts have worked as advertised (though, as with any
programming language, it took me a few iterations to get my first script
exactly as I wanted it), and the Phone Book facility is excellent. I find
Diga!'s user interface more supportive than vt100's, and certainly more
visually more appealing.
I don't use Diga! anymore, not because it is a poor piece of software, but
because I use applications which require a perfect vt100 emulation (I now use
Eric Haberfellner's HANDSHAKE). And even the vt100 emulation in Diga! is
good enough for the needs of your average telecommunicator. In fact, the only
things about Diga! I'd say I really don't like are its predisposition for fully
Hayes-compatible modems (my modem isn't), and the spurious exclamation point at
the end of its name. Diga! is a decent product that works pretty much as
advertised, as far as I can tell.
BTW, I don't work for Aegis. I'm just a customer.
Be seeing you...
--Lang Zerner langz@athena.mit.edu ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!langz
"To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must first be stupid
enough to want it." -- G.K. Chesterson