#FJMORA@WMMVS.BITNET (06/16/88)
Hello, In Info-atari16 Digest 06/15/88, Bruce Heimbigner writes: >I'm planning on buying a Mega 2 ST. I'll be using this in my business >and for personal use. Other than general business applications I what >to be able to do my own flyers and manuals for my business, and I plan >to use the HP DeskJet. But I have some questions. > >1- Are they (mega 2's) around to be bought (I haven't tryed yet) Well, you saw what Atari wants dealers to do in order to sell Mega. Good luck. I really hope they know what they are doing, it seems sheer suicide. >2- Are they only sold directly through dealer. (ie can I buy one mail order, > and if its possible does any one have any suggestions on a mail order > place.?) See above. >3- How long before the new roms? Just curious, I really cannot wait. The new ROMs will be available after the current phase of beta testing, which started at the beginning of this month according to various messages (which were posted here too). But "soon" can mean anything with Atari. Sheesh... >- I'm going to buy the Atari hard disc (the one that fits nicely under > the machine). Does anyone have any eperience with this? or warning > against it? I use my SH205 since October 1987 and it is half-full now (or still half-empty :-) ). Never had a problem. Get a back-up program (BACKUP! by Michtron is nice, but I was told that Turtle (PD) is much better) and a goot hard-disk boot (allowing you to boot accessory and Auto folder from C:). Beware,most of the RAM disk programs create a C: Ram Disk which is incompatible with a hard-disk. See if yours are well-behaved. >5- Does anyone have any experience (or recommendations for something >better) with these software packages?: > > WordUp- looks good but haven't seen a review > Logistix- spreadsheet (I think that was the name) was reviewed in > STart recently > which paint program? Degas Elite or Spectrum or ?. the extra colors in > Spectrum are of no value to me (other than gee whiz) unless I > can get shades on my printer. > If wordUp isn't capable enough I'll buy Publishing Partner too. > I'm pretty familiar with its capabilties and I know > they're about to ship a new release. > I'm pretty set on Zoomracks, I hate traditional (dbase style) databases. If you use an HP DeskJet, buy Migraph EasyDraw 2.3 with EasyTools. You can produce some very nice newsletters and flyers with little time and effort. I am very satisfied of Migraph customer support. They even helped me when I had a problem with UPS for delivering these packages! You can purchase the DeskJet driver from them, along with screen copy programs (mono and color). I highly recommand EasyDraw 2 with the DeskJet. Regards, Frederic Mora BITNET: The College of William and Mary #fjmora%wmmvs.bitnet Dept. of Computer Science Williamsburg, VA. 23185 USA ************************************************************************** * * * "Was uns nicht toetet, macht uns staerker." * * Friedrich Nietzsche * * What does not kill us makes us stronger * * * ************************************************************************** - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)... - Come, come, little line eater, I won't harm you (evil grin)...