[comp.graphics] ExperLogo

6065833@PUCC.BITNET (02/09/87)

I have found ExperLogo for the Macintosh a very unsatisfactory product.  There
are several problems with it:
 
The current version was written for 128 and 512K macs, and I have had various
adventures getting it to run on a mac+.
1)  To work on a mac+, certain files must be together in a certain folder,
    says the company.
2)  The program works with System 3.1 and Finder 5.0, but not with any more
    recent versions.  These versions are obsolete and there are very few
    around.  They were in any case very buggy.
3)  The company told me when I called on 2 occasions 2 different things:
    a) "Finder 5.3?  When did that come out?"  (answer: almost a year ago)
    b) "There is a bug in Finder 5.3, which Apple will have to fix.  Have
       you tried calling Apple?"
4)  I have not, after many hours of work, managed to print to a laserwriter;
    the program offers very little interfacing support for other applications,
    and the documentation is incredibly deficient.
 
I would not recommend this application to anyone.  I have found MS Logo to
be quite nice and flexible, however.  Can anyone recommend another LOGO
for the macintosh?  Has anyone found a way to print graphics windows on
a laserwriter?  Any information would be greatly appreciated.