JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu (03/14/91)
A while ago someone posted an interesting response to my post about looking for a prg that would let me read/write Amiga formats with a 1581. He said that RU N Magazine had published the program I was looking for. The prg also allowed r eading/writing of several different formats. If anyone knows the prg I'm talki ng about please send me the issue in which it appeared and the name & author of the program. Thanks. Jason Koszarsky, JBK4@PSUVM
cinf07@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Miguel Pedro et Louis Sabbat) (03/19/91)
In article <91073.080226JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >A while ago someone posted an interesting response to my post about looking for > a prg that would let me read/write Amiga formats with a 1581. He said that RU >N Magazine had published the program I was looking for. The prg also allowed r >eading/writing of several different formats. If anyone knows the prg I'm talki >ng about please send me the issue in which it appeared and the name & author of > the program. Thanks. The program was FORMAT EXECUTIVE; I saw the add in either RUN, Commodore Magazine, or Compute's Gazette (Sorry I can't remember... :-) I'll try to find the add tonight and post an answer later. I might not have it because I don't buy magazines regularly... only when there's something REALLY interresting. -- Miguel Pedro (Send any E-mail to cinf07@info.polymtl.ca)
cinf07@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Miguel Pedro et Louis Sabbat) (03/20/91)
I didn't find the add that I was looking for last night, but I did find an article about Format Executive. It was in Compute's Commodore Buyer's Guide 1989 (a magazine with over a thousand products described). From what's said in the article, it (basically) looks like Big Blue Reader i.e. supports IBM and a number of CP/M formats. Unfortunately, it doesn't support the 1581 and only runs on a C128. I apologize if I got anyone's hopes high. The add I saw probably said something like: '...also reads others formats...' and I just assumed it meant Amiga, Apple, etc... instead of CP/M. If you want to check it out anyway (maybe a newer version accepts Amiga and/or Apple formats and supports the 1581...), here it is: Format Executive 3.0 by Powersoft P.O. Box 7333 Bradenton, FL 34210 The price was $59.95 (don't forget the magazine was the january 1989 edition). -- Miguel Pedro (Send any E-mail to cinf07@info.polymtl.ca)