chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling) (10/20/90)
Whatever happened to CricketDraw? Is it still available, and if so, from whom? I like CricketDraw better than MacDraw II, but the version I have has alot of annoying bugs. MacConnection and other software houses don't seem to sell CricketDraw any more. -- Conrad Halling chh9@midway.uchicago.edu
frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (10/22/90)
In article <1990Oct20.012702.10155@midway.uchicago.edu> chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling) writes: >Whatever happened to CricketDraw? Is it still available, and if so, >from whom? I like CricketDraw better than MacDraw II, but the version I >have has alot of annoying bugs. MacConnection and other software houses >don't seem to sell CricketDraw any more. The last upgrade I received from Cricket was 1.1, I think. CricketDraw gradually became too cumbersome, esp. compared to more recent drawing packages, and I dumped it when I upgraded to NFNTs and Cricket tech. support informed they had no plans to support an "undocumented format". I read somewhere that it was to be superceded by a completely new program, but I never received any notice of such. Cricket was bought out (by Computer Associates?). In any case, I found FreeHand to be more than equivalent, not to mention faster, friendlier and more reliable. The new Adobe Illustrator (version 3) also looks good (from the reviews; I haven't received my upgrade yet). (I tried, but abandoned, Canvas along the way. I figure if its important to my work, I'll spend the money once and be done with it. Hence, a small number of high-end packages :-) . -- Frank Kolnick, Basis Computer Systems Inc. UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank
laf@mbunix.mitre.org (Lee Fyock) (10/22/90)
In article <1990Oct20.012702.10155@midway.uchicago.edu> chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling) writes: > Whatever happened to CricketDraw? Is it still available, and if so, > from whom? Two MacWorld Expos ago, I saw a demo for Cricket (excuse me--CA/Cricket) Stylist, which appeared to be an upgrade or rework of Draw. Evidently, Computer Associates bought Cricket, and their products have languished ever since. I've recently read that someone else has purchased (I think) Graph, so possibly Draw will follow. BTW, Stylist's screen updates were still slow as molasses. Haven't these guys heard of offscreen bitmaps? Lee -------------------------------------------- Lee Fyock The MITRE Corporation laf@mbunix.mitre.org Bedford, MA
ljt@sppy00.UUCP (TOMS LAURA) (10/22/90)
In article <1990Oct20.012702.10155@midway.uchicago.edu> chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling) writes: >Whatever happened to CricketDraw? Is it still available, and if so, >from whom? I like CricketDraw better than MacDraw II, but the version I >have has alot of annoying bugs. MacConnection and other software houses >don't seem to sell CricketDraw any more. I asked this question at our local Mac store a couple weeks ago. They said that the company the developed Cricket Draw never updated it, that version 1.1 is the only one. Another company recently bought them out, so there is speculation that a new version may be available in the future. Hope this helps! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Laura Toms ...!osu-cis!sppy00!ljt - - Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio (614) 761-5016 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Andrew M. Cohill) (10/24/90)
I believe that the Cricket line was purchased by Computer Associates, a humongous mostly-mainframe software firm that has been gobbling up smaller software houses at a predigious rate lately. That may be good or bad for the Cricket stuff: good--large firm with lots of resources to upgrade/improve/support it; bad--large firm with lots of resources could care less about small potatoes Mac software and lets it languish. -- | ...we have to look for routes of power our teachers never | imagined, or were encouraged to avoid. T. Pynchon |Andy Cohill |703/231-7855 cohill@vtserf.cc.vt.edu VPI&SU
boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (11/05/90)
laf@mbunix.mitre.org (Lee Fyock) writes: >In article <1990Oct20.012702.10155@midway.uchicago.edu> >chh9@quads.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halton Halling) writes: >> Whatever happened to CricketDraw? Is it still available, and if so, >> from whom? >Two MacWorld Expos ago, I saw a demo for Cricket (excuse me--CA/Cricket) >Stylist, which appeared to be an upgrade or rework of Draw. Evidently, >Computer Associates bought Cricket, and their products have languished ever >since. I've recently read that someone else has purchased (I think) Graph, >so possibly Draw will follow. >BTW, Stylist's screen updates were still slow as molasses. Haven't these >guys heard of offscreen bitmaps? >Lee >-------------------------------------------- >Lee Fyock The MITRE Corporation >laf@mbunix.mitre.org Bedford, MA I, too, read somewhere that Cricket Draw has been purchased, but I forget by whom. An update to Draw is now supposedly shipping. No mention of Stylist.
john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (11/12/90)
In article <1990Nov5.053738.1299@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) writes: > I, too, read somewhere that Cricket Draw has been purchased, but I forget > by whom. An update to Draw is now supposedly shipping. No mention of > Stylist. If anyone wants to try any of the Cricket software cheaply, check out Software Etc. Prices of most of the Cricket software is $19-$49 for packages that retail for several hundred dollars. I saw these prices in Minneapolis. I would buy the whole line, but I am afraid that they might not work on the Mac IIsi, and that they will not be supported in the future. Any comments? -john- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications ...uunet!rosevax!bungia!wd0gol!newave!john ===============================================================================