mo@lbl-csam@sri-unix.UUCP (07/16/84)
From: (Mike O'Dell[x-csam]) mo@lbl-csam OPS-2000 from Interleaf in Cambridge, Mass, is the most wonderful such system I have seen outside of Xerox, and it is even FAST. It supports several laser printers as well as some collection of real typesetters. It has an integrated business graphics system which must be seen to be appreciated. It supports the "typed text object" model which allows wholesale typographic changes to be made easily. The only thing I don't like about OPS-2000 is the mouse button paradigm. It uses all three buttons, and compared to Lisa software, requires considerably more effort to learn. However, I suspect that like most things, practice will make it easy. And the effort will certianly be well-rewarded. OPS runs on the Sun and Cadmus machines, and probably others by now. I don't have their address handy, but they are in the Harvard Square area of Cambridge, and I do know that directory assistance has their phone number. They do sell to "knowledgeable end users" who already own supported hardware. -Mike O'Dell