udougc (10/28/82)
Hi, Sorry about the late response, I had some trouble getting mail to you from our system. I read your news article listing some of the resonses so I feel that my response may be somewhat out of line but here goes anyway Hi, In response to your inquiry about a cheapy business system:- Radio Shack III with 48K & 2 disks (1 disk will work if pushed) Can be gotten from $800+ to $2500+ depending on who you buy from and how much upgrading you are willing to do yourself. Printer in the $500 to $1000 range,the MX80 has lots of features and lots of software support but it is slow (and may not take a lot of continual use) For communications, if needed. R/S RS232 board and a R/S Modem 1 (direct connect) or the Microconnection c. $250 Software. NEWSCRIPT (v7.0) for W.P. Very good for form letters, support for many types of printers. Will do mailing labels (extra cost option) $125+ (can be gotten with some discount) MTC Aids III (Rel 2.0 if you can get it) for maintaining, sorting and printing lists. (Does a better job than NEWSCRIPT for mailing labels. $100 OMNITERM for communications. Will work with both RS232 and Microconnection $95 None of the above are very sophisticated but are easy to learn to use and have a great deal of flexibility. My opinion, lots of "bang for the buck" for a small user. Consider some other O/S than TRSDOS such as DOSPLUS or NEWDOS Though TRSDOS will run all of the above the extra $120+ will give some options that may be usefull if the system expands. Doug Cutler. UNC Med. School Chapel Hill P.S. Allow c. $200 for disks, ribbons and paper, otherwise you may not be able to do very much with the system!!! (Yes I found that out the hard way) I have used all the software and it seems to be reliable. My machine is a R/S Mod I (not so stable) with a C.Itoh 8300 printer (very cheap, only suitable for a 12 yr. old, but my 12 yr. old loves it!) P.P.S. Since writing the above to disk for transmission it occurs to me that some explanation is in order. I assume that your friend wants a TURNKEY type system, of course there is not really such a thing but the above programs can be user tailored (some users may need a little help) to produce almost turnkey W.P., listing and communication systems all of which will interface with each other The selections are based on my likes & dislikes and my girl friends selections to help her in her work and dissertation. The system returned my last mailing to you so I hope I can get this to you somehow. Doug.