Msg: 6233 *Conference*
01-23-96 23:06:06
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : JOE KOMBLEVICZ
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6221 (REPLY ENCHILADA+)
Allow me to take a stab at your questions... > My question for further explanations of certain hard/software results from trying to find a simple concise brief statement of what it does or doesn't do - or - how many updates revisions etc - prompted by URII - orig or w/o sardine 89.95 vs 35.00. Again, I think that much of this question (AKA what product has what feature) is covered in The Whole Enchilada series ... except for the version-attribute progressions. Tracking versions (what they do and don't do) is complex. I never tracked the version-attributes of all the products, including those I now manufacture. I use the latest (last issued) image and that's it! > Cleuseau versions which require tpdd to be connected. I now ship the developers version. Period! I include the "extra" documentation necessary for its use. > Documentation(full) is usually poorly worded or confusing - a synopsis would be appropriate. Again, a major task. I don't it want to seem like I'm side stepping the question. Your request is a good one. I just never got around to synopiszing each and every products' documentation. I agree, it should be done, and further considerations should be linked to how the various features aid the user's application. There are lose ends. Working examples would help, as well. But again, it all takes time, and being so swamped and tired I maintain my focus on order processing and pushing forward. > I'm not expecting you to do more than you currently are but possibly someone is up to providing reasons and numbers of revisions existing. One of the reasons I move your questions and my responses into the public conference is to see if others will, indeed, lend a hand. It's happened before and I am sure that it will continue to happen. We'll just have to see. > I'm not on any on line service and don't do windows. Hold on ... you've mixed two, separate issues. 1) Not being online to any online services I assume to mean, commercial, direct connect (BBS) online services, such as: Compuserve, GEnie, Delphi, America Online, Prodigy, or to others accessable via the Internet network, only. Gee ... I guess that means the only online service you use is the Club 100 BBS. That's cool! 2) When you say you don't do windows, it means nothing to me. Windows (3.1 or 95) is an operating system shell, albeit a good one, a popular one, and probably the most used one for micro computers these days ... certinly not the only one used on all computers, i.e. micro, mini or mainframe. Thus, not being on commercial online services, and not doing Windows have no bearing or influence on each other. These are apples and oranges. But perhaps you mean that you are not ... a modern (AKA up to date, trendy) computer user. If that is what you are trying to say then I understand. > Does M100 Forum still exist? I assume you mean the one on Compuserve? The M100SIG on CIS is run by Tony Anderson. I have the opportunity to have lunch with tony this past weekend in Reno. We covered old and new issues alike. The M100SIG on CIS still exists but it is, for the most part, just a problem-solving arena ... nothing like the free-flowing, sharing environment of the past. Those days are gone. in fact, according to Tony, the M100SIG was in the top 10 for most active SIGs on CIS during the '80's. Today, it's in last place. Tony still logs in, twice a day, and helps as best he can. He's a trooper. There used to be other Model 100-oriented online services. They were/are on GEnie and Delphi and a few focused direct connect services like this one but frankly, except for this one, they are all gone. At least that is my impression since I don't go out looking and they don't come looking. Lately, however, I've received word of WWW pages available for Model 100 information. Andy Diller says he hosts one. I believe there are others as well but, gain, I don't go looking. My priorities are such that I just do not wish to spend the time gallivanting around the country looking for and lurking on other online services ... been there, done that ... own the t-shirt. (grin) I'd better move along ... more e-mail to do before the night is through.