dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) (02/28/91)
I recently seem to have acquired a copy of QUED/M, by Paragon Concepts. This is a word processor that has special features for editing programs, and looks like it may be a forerunner of Nisus. I have some questions about it, though. 1. Is this shareware/freeware/pd, or do I have a pirated copy? 2. I cannot find it listed in my software catalogs; if it is commercial, where can I purchase a legitimate copy? (Other than directly from Paragon, that is--I prefer to deal with places like MacConnection, they're lots cheaper and lots faster.) 3. If commercial, what is the latest version? 4. Is QUED/M a subset of Nisus? I've played with a demo copy of Nisus and love it; someday I hope to be able to buy it. If it's a subset, that means I advance my plans to buy Nisus [ it's hard to justify, since I have Word 4.0 :-( ]. I'm afraid I'm going to discover it's commercial, but no longer on the market. That raises a number of thorny issues [but please don't send me advice in this case; I'll probably just talk to Paragon....] -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) I don't speak for my employer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | When I was young, my family bought a color TV. Our neigbors, who | | were poorer, had only a black-and-white set. They bought a piece of | | cellophane, red on top, yellow in the middle, and blue on the bottom, | | and taped it over their screen, so they could claim that they had a | | color TV, too. | | Now there's Windows 3.0. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) (02/28/91)
dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes: >I recently seem to have acquired a copy of QUED/M, by Paragon >Concepts. This is a word processor that has special features for >editing programs, and looks like it may be a forerunner of Nisus. >I have some questions about it, though. >1. Is this shareware/freeware/pd, or do I have a pirated copy? It is a commercial product. Therefore, unless you purchased it, you probably have a pirated copy. >2. I cannot find it listed in my software catalogs; if it is >commercial, where can I purchase a legitimate copy? (Other than >directly from Paragon, that is--I prefer to deal with places like >MacConnection, they're lots cheaper and lots faster.) ComputerWare carries it. >3. If commercial, what is the latest version? I don't know that it is the latest update, but I believe 2.08 is the latest that I've encountered. >4. Is QUED/M a subset of Nisus? I've played with a demo copy of >Nisus and love it; someday I hope to be able to buy it. If it's a >subset, that means I advance my plans to buy Nisus [ it's hard to >justify, since I have Word 4.0 :-( ]. QUED/M is a programmer's editor (QUality Editor for Developers/Macros) and was the forerunner of Nisus and the germination point of many Nisus features. >I'm afraid I'm going to discover it's commercial, but no longer on the >market. That raises a number of thorny issues [but please don't send >me advice in this case; I'll probably just talk to Paragon....] It's still on the market (or at least it was at MacWorld). -- | Dennis Cohen drc@claris.com COHEN2 AFC DCohen 71076,1377 | Internet AppleLink AmerOnline CompuServe | Disclaimer: Any unattributed opinions expressed above are _MINE_!
Jahnke@brahms.biosci.arizona.edu (Jerome Jahnke) (03/07/91)
In article <163@claris.com> drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) writes: >dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes: >>I'm afraid I'm going to discover it's commercial, but no longer on the >>market. That raises a number of thorny issues [but please don't send >>me advice in this case; I'll probably just talk to Paragon....] > >It's still on the market (or at least it was at MacWorld). You can get it (v2.09) from MacTutor for $105, Paragon is charging $119. MacTutor (714) 777-1255 Paragon (800) 922-2993 in CA (619) 481-1477 Another option is to call MacWherehouse, the cataloges you get in the mail is by no means ALL of what they have to sell. Call them and tell them the Manufacturers name and the name of the product. If they have Nissius they might have QUED. If you are looking for a cheap text editor you might want to look at Alpha 3.5 it is a shareware editor (20-ish dollars) with a good sized subset of what QUED will do for you. Jer, ---- Jerome Jahnke University of Arizona, Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology jahnke@brahms.biosci.arizona.edu AFC Jer (602) 621-3820 internet America Online Phone Number