Friesen@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA (07/06/88)
Well, this last weekend I went to my local Atari store (a twenty mile
drive through downtown and terrible trffic) planning on buying Spectrum
512. I arrived there and started talking with the head of the newly
founded ST users group here. He convinced me that I wanted Quantum
paint because it dosen't flicker, and it offers over 4,000 colors (of
coarse he didn't actually own the program, he had just seen pictures
made with it). Well I decided to purchase it (I should have known I was
in trouble when I realized it was $20 less than Spectrum 512). I took
it home and quickly found that its painting tools were very limited,
that it had a terrible way of handling the 8 palates in its medium mode,
that colors flickered in its 4000+ color mode, and that after you put a
little time into a drawing, it bombed the system, and it took two resets
to get to the desktop. The next day I returned it and purchased
Spectrum, and am very happy, I love this gradient fill feature.
Summary...
I think that the only thing Quantum Paint is good for is for (mabey, I
didn't use it for this) is video digitizing or to be able to say that
"My ST has as many colors as that dumb ol' Amiga.":-)
Aric Friesen
Addresses: Genie: A.FRIESEN ARPA: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA
"Lenny, ya durned fool, ya bought an Amiga!" "Gee George, I squashed the
mouse!"
---"Of Mice and Men"