jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall) (04/26/89)
In article <255@my.sm.luth.se> Lars-Gunnar Taube <taube@my.sm.luth.se> writes: >Greetings ! > >As I am a relatively happy owner of a Macintosh II, and also >happen to be interested in enjoyable noise (music), I would >be happy to be able to run DMCS on my Mac. Unfortunately, I >bought DMCS 2.0 before I bought my Mac. Recent articles in this >newsgroup has lead me to believe that there exists a version >2.5, which runs on MacII. > >What is the upgrade policy from Electronic Arts (if any)? > What's the upgrade policy? Well, if you're like me (in a slightly different situation), it goes like this: 1) I buy DMCS at neighborhood computer store. 2) Take it home. Notice that it's COPY PROTECTED. Yuck! Bleech! Install it on my hard disk. 3) Copy on hard disk becomes corrupted (though I've found no errors on it). Now the original disk won't run and I can't install a copy on the hard disk anyway... 4) Send disks back to EA for replacement. 5) EA informs me that yes, they'll replace disk. Also there's a non-copy protected version for $7.50 more (or something). 6) Send EA check for $7.50. 7) Receive replacement disks in mail. Copy DMCS to hard disk. Double-click it. Get the "Unauthorized copy" alert. Put new program disk in floppy drive. Double-click DMCS there. Get the "Unauthorized copy" alert. Boot from new program disk. Double-click DMCS. STILL get the "Unauthorized copy" alert. I guess that my new copy of DMCS ISN'T copy-protected, at least in the sense that it works just as well no matter how many copies I make of it and no matter where I put them ... I think it takes a lot of nerve to send a non-function replacement disk to an irate customer. I wonder what they'll send me THIS time ... -- v v sssss|| joseph hall || 201-1D Hampton Lee Court v v s s || jnh@ece-csc.ncsu.edu (Internet) || Cary, NC 27511 v sss || joseph@ece007.ncsu.edu (Try this one first) -----------|| Standard disclaimers and all that . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
bwolf@hpbbm.HP.COM (Bryan Wolf) (04/27/89)
Hello, yes, there is a DMCS upgrade to 2.5 available. I forget the exact cost, probably about $25. In addition to making the Voice Editor usable on the Mac II/IIx/IIcx, there are a few other enhancements that make it worth getting, such as more sophisticated text handling, the ability to define the space for a title at the top of the first page, better printing on an Imagewriter or compatible (DeskJet, whatever) through use of a double size font, and a slightly slicker MIDI implementation (although it's still not the cat's meow). I have quite a large wishlist for a additional features for DMCS which I'm going to shoot over to the folks at EA sometime soon. I'm a 'serious' :-) composer who uses DMCS _A LOT_ and find it to be an excellent tool that could be made a lot more useful with a few well thought out enhancements. In any case, bang for the buck, it simply can't be beat! Yes, you have to send them your DMCS 2.0 Instruments/Music disk to get the upgrade, along with your hard-earned $$ ( or whatever it is you earn). If anyone else out there has some ideas or would like to contribute to a wish-list for some additional DMCS functionality, post an additional response here or email bwolf@hpbbn. regards, Bryan