lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Smith) (02/15/91)
Someone asked about Corel Draw!. I've got it. I'm currently running OS/2 1.3 only on my laptop (386SX-16, 4MB RAM, 40MB HD) so extrapolate for your 486-50. I love being able to have Ventura and Draw! up at the same time. However, they don't seem to be using threads well - I often get stuck waiting. I haven't done anything original with Draw! yet - I've just been playing with the sample .CDR files. I'm new to drawing programs so I'm easily impressed with the ability to manipulate items instead of just pixels. Draw! _seems_ to be rich in tools for object manipulation. I don't have a color screen, so I'm still curious about the color capabilities. TRACE and WFN BOSS (typeface conversion) only run "in the DOS box under either Windows 2.1 or 3.0." ????? Go figure. I think/hope that means the compat. box for us. (That line was from the Tech. Ref. - Rel. 1.0 for OS/2.) Most of the docs are for the Windows version. They could have done a much better job porting. If anyone has specific questions, fire away! --kyler
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (02/28/91)
For those considering running CorelDRAW! for OS/2, I suggest also getting Windows 3.0. Trace (raster -> line drawings) and Font Conversion programs packaged with CD! for OS/2 only run under Windows. Running Windows 3.0 in the DOS box isn't a major problem. --kyler
joeb@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Joe Barnhart) (03/02/91)
After using CD for OS/2, I'd recommend not even getting it. This is not even a "good" SMK port of their Windows product. It locks up the machine whenever you print -- you can't even select a different window or "hot key" to another app. And printing is S-L-O-W, even with the print spooler. (Just last night, I was printing out a simple "routing slip" -- over three minutes of "lock up" time for CD to transfer the page to the spooler.) I called the product manager at Corel with these and other problems. He said there would be a version released "sometime this summer." I recommend _not_ buying the product until the update arrives. -- Joe B. #include <standard.disclaimer> (Or as another poster said: "Do what you want with me, but leave my company alone!"