soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Soohoo) (11/06/88)
I just purchased CircuitMaker 2.01 by Iliad Software, Inc. The premise is simply to be able to put together and simulate TTL devices. I'd give you a review of the product, but it's simply not cooperating, and I'd like some help: I followed the directions for installing on a hard drive, and it booted up just fine. Then, when I tried File...Load... XXXX Circuit the circuit got loaded from disk, and displayed on the screen (for a brief moment) and then TWO BOMBS! So fine, I'm using the monochrome version, with a monochrome monitor, on a 1040ST (minimum RAM satisfied), and all my silly accessories stripped out, and still no luck (same symptoms). Since I've also got a color monitor, I decided to try the color version of the program (Iliad ships two disks, for separate resolutions). It worked FINE in color. So I can use it on color, but I'd RATHER monochrome! I tried calling Iliad's BBS # in the back of the package, but I got a # disconnected voice, no fowarding #. This worries me. Does anyone have CircuitMaker 2.01 and NOT have this happen to them? Thanks in advance, please e-mail. --Kenneth Soohoo (soohoo@cory.Berkeley.Edu) Atari 400/800/600xl/800xl/1200/130xe/65xe, 1040ST hacker Sometime Berkeley Student, othertimes... My opinions are my OWN, not necessarily Atari's
danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott) (11/08/88)
in article <7119@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Soohoo) says: > I followed the directions for installing on a hard drive, and it > booted up just fine. Then, when I tried File...Load... XXXX Circuit > the circuit got loaded from disk, and displayed on the screen (for > a brief moment) and then TWO BOMBS! Sounds like you simply have a bad copy of that program. Did you try running it on any other ST? The number I have for Iliad Software is (801) 226-3270, is that the number you have been calling? Dan @ Atari <The opnions expressed are not usually that of Atari Corp. and were rented by me for use in this message>
soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Soohoo) (11/09/88)
In article <1220@atari.UUCP> danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott) writes: > >Sounds like you simply have a bad copy of that program. Did you try >running it on any other ST? > >The number I have for Iliad Software is (801) 226-3270, is that the number >you have been calling? > > >Dan @ Atari > ><The opnions expressed are not usually that of Atari Corp. and were rented by >me for use in this message> Dan, I talked to Iliad Software yesterday (11/7), by calling the (801)226-3270 number, and essentially listed bugs at them. They were quite polite about the whole thing, and said that they were having problems with their duplication proceedures, and switched about a month and a half ago. My copy also had a serial # of the 1st copy from a batch about 9 weeks ago, so it was suspect. I told them the registration card was in the mail, and they told me a new copy was in the mail. Remarkable nice of them. The bottom line is this: If you have problems with this piece of software, write Iliad with the bugs you've encountered, include your serial #, and suggest improvements. They should a) write back and tell you to send money, or b) send you a new copy, depending on the severity / blame of the problems. (I would like to think they would supply a replacement for bad duplicates). Thanks for the concern Dan, glad to hear you listening! --Kenneth Soohoo (soohoo@cory.Berkeley.Edu) Atari 400/800/600xl/800xl/1200/130xe/65xe, 1040ST hacker Sometime Berkeley Student, othertimes... My opinions are my OWN, not necessarily Atari's
keithj@ux1.lbl.gov (Keith J Groves) (11/09/88)
Did you guys get an upgrade notice from Illiad for your Circuitmaker
2.01? I sent in my card from the very beginning with version 1 and
the only way I found out about version 2.01 was through usenet and the
latest edition of the ST Informer. What's the point of sending in a
registration card if you aren't going to be kept up to date on upgrades.
By the way, does anyone know the price for an upgrade to version 2?
Keithmorris@dms.UUCP (Jim Morris) (11/10/88)
From article <1238@helios.ee.lbl.gov>, by keithj@ux1.lbl.gov (Keith J Groves): > Did you guys get an upgrade notice from Illiad for your Circuitmaker > 2.01? I sent in my card from the very beginning with version 1 and > the only way I found out about version 2.01 was through usenet and the > latest edition of the ST Informer. What's the point of sending in a > registration card if you aren't going to be kept up to date on upgrades. > By the way, does anyone know the price for an upgrade to version 2? > > Keith I did exactly the same thing. I have had no notification of an upgrade, and see no reference to there even being an upgrade from v1.0. Did they improve the button response in v2.0?? I hope so it is almost useless in v1.0. If Iliad are out there how about supporting the people who supported you with the first version?? -- Jim Morris. morris@dms.UUCP or weitek!dms!morris Atari Games Corporation, Sycamore Drive, Milpitas CA 95035. (Arcade Video Game Manufacturer, NOT Atari Corp. ST manufacturer). Any opinions expressed are probably my own, and not those of Atari Games Corp.