Msg: 1023 *Conference*
11-29-91 15:47:02
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : LEX JENKINS
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1021 (SARDINE)
Hi Lex. Interesting that you should ask about Sardine, the only really good spel checking program for the Model 100/102/200/NEC8201. This last week marked a milestone in the quest to bring Sardine back to market. In 1989/90 I was granted the rights to revive, manufacture, sell and support all of the old Traveling Software product. 90% of it is now back on the market. I pay a royalty to TS for the rights. Sardine was not one of those products that I gained rights too, due to its ownership by Wang Corp, not TS. I have negociated for two years with Wang and TS for the rights. Last week, the final parts came together, including the ability to copy the propriatary dictionary disk, thanks to Robert Benson, out online librarian--he always has a few tricks in reserve. Sardine is back! There are 6 version of the fish. They are as follows: M100/102 disk M100/102 ROM M200 disk M200 ROM NEC8201 disk NEC8201 ROM Traveling Software originally shipped Sardine with the program disk, a dictioinary disk, a pocket dictionary, and a manual. The ROM version included T-Word on the ROM (no program disk since all programming was on the ROM). I have not yet made copies of the manual, so don't know what just a manual will cost. Ask me next week and I should know since I will have stock on all items by then. In the mean time, you can call the ROM by going into BASIC and issuing the command CALL 63013,1. Once in a document, you activate Sardine with GRPH F for file or GRPH W for word. This should get you going. -Rick-