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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Corel Draw 2.5 for OS/2 2.0
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:55:52 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <14982@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> steveh@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Steven Hayes) writes:
> adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) writes:
> 
> It would be very stupid of Corel to a system modal dialog though. Can anyone
> think of a good reason?

To prevent the user from initiating any action that might affect the integrity
of the install?
  
Steve
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From: vapspgd@prism.gatech.EDU (Edward Hefter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: PMFax Phone Number?
Keywords: PMFax
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:02:55 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

>Can someone that is using PMFax please post/email the phone number for the
>company.  I'd like to call and see if they support a FAX modem I'm interested
>in buying.


Their number is:  800-3-4-FAXIT
Their fax # is:  (404) 984-9956
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                                Edward Hefter
                   Trying To Survive the Ga Tech Experience
                         vapspgd@prism.gatech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: genie@netcom.com (Gene Choi)
Subject: Re: TE/2 ASCII uploads and disappearing cursor
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 10:47:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.060136.3680@CS.ORST.EDU> hilmera@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Andrew Hilmer) writes:
>os2.apps
> 
>I have two problems with TE/2, both of which might be TE/2.FAQs.
>  
>I cannot get ASCII uploads to run at a decent speed. No matter what I 
>set the line pacing at, it uploads a line, waits 7 to 10 seconds, then 
>sends the next line. This is extremely annoying. I used to use ASCII 
>uploads a lot with Telix, but this behavior is really putting a crimp on
>the way I telecommunicate.

Same here.  Text uploads and downloads don't seem to work correctly
under TE/2, even with the newer dll file.  After receiving
or sending about 7k of text, TE/2 stops in the middle.
This happens using all protocols I've tried: Xmodem, Ymodem,
Ymodem-G, Zmodem.

I've not resorted to good old Telix, and no more problems
with text transfers.

Gene
From: dgillmor@msen.com (Dan Gillmor)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: MS Word for OS/2
Date: 15 Oct 1992 19:45:52 GMT
Organization: MSEN, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI
NNTP-Posting-Host: heifetz.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Kyler Laird (laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:
: I got some nasty looks (and then some) when I informed everyone in my
: dept. that MS Word (for PM) would be phased out.  When I demoed DeScribe
: (the demo version, no less!) all was better.  It's a great product.
: 
: --kyler
From: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Help with gnu man.
Date: 11 Oct 92 16:02:27 GMT
Reply-To: cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ching-Tse Liu)
Organization: Columbia University

Hi,
	I just downloaded the gnu man program from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
No matter what I tried, I couldn't get the man.exe to display the
man pages located in d:/man or the directories in MANPATH. Please
help.

       		                     	***********************
--cliu@merlin.appmath.columbia.edu	*   CLifton T. Liu    *
--cl45@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu		***********************
From: butler@ceawlin.cs.odu.edu (Prince F. Butler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: OS2 MPEG viewer request
Date: 10 Oct 92 05:27:56 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2.apps
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Does anyone know if there is an OS2 compatible MPEG viewer out there.

send replies to butler@cs.odu.edu
From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Corel Draw OS/2 v2.5
Date: 7 Oct 92 04:07:06 GMT
Originator: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu

Hey all... I have a request:

Corel Draw 2.5 for OS/2...during installation, on the last disk, it choked
and said "fatal error, cannot uncompress corelcht.ini" or something to
that effect.  So we manually uncompressed it (it was the VERY last file
to be uncompressed) and tried to run Cdraw, but it won't run because it
can't find any of it's files.  Basically, the install program was supposed
to modify the config.sys file...probably with a SET COREL=D:\COREL32 line
or something to this effect.  I was wondering... If any of you have this,
could you email me what the changes it makes are?  My boss would really
appreciate it...  Right now we're stuck using DrawPerfect under Os/2.
Thanks a bunch...

-- 
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 Internet: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu	  	 University of Maryland, College Park
 Bitnet:   adhir%cygnus.umd.edu@Interbit      (301) 405-1500 * (301) 405-3014
From: Bill.Austin@f1.n100.z60.wlink.nl (Bill Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Sound cards for OS/2
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 14:22:14 -0100

Organization: Ground Zero Group, Columbus, OH 43227

mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) writes:

> What sound cards are supported under OS/2?

I have a SB-Pro and the only peep that I've heard from it while running
OS/2 (though I haven't been running OS/2 for more that a week.. keep
that in mind) was during a windows session (installing Jukebox and
pro-mixer)
Under a Dos windows or a full Screen Dos session the plyaback quality
of .mods dropped to below my threshhold for listening.  (I dual boot
back to true-dos for .mod playing with promod)
So far, I don't think (I'm no authority by any means.. not much OS/2
experience) ANY sound cards are supported.

baustin@billapc

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: gjm@cray.com (Gordon Miller)
Subject: Re: Ami Pro 3.0 on OS/2 2.0
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:13:53 CDT

In article <70449@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0554c@prism.gatech.EDU (MCCONNELL) writes:
>
>I am thinking about purchasing Ami Pro 3.0 for windows, but I would like
>to use it under OS/2 2.0. Are there any special problems or settings I
>should know about? I think Ami Pro 3.0 does not use Windows 3.1 features.
>Am I correct?
>

Correct, except for HELP.  Ami Pro Help doesn't function when run under
WIN-OS/2 because it requires newer (3.1?) WINHELP files.  You have to uncompress
the WINHELP.CMZ which comes on the Ami Pro 3.0 disks and then replace all of
the WINHELP files in WIN/OS2 with these newer ones.  You will need the
DECOMP program to uncompress the files (a version may be on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu).

--Gordon Miller
Organization: Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Vienna, Austria
Date: Monday, 12 Oct 1992 09:25:57 CET
From: Niklas JRM Schmidt <9050564@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: linux && boot manager

Hello,

...and what about Coherent, a UNIX simulator? Can I use the Boot Manager
with it?

please reply to 9050564 at awiwuw11.bitnet
From: 873clifton@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: File Comparing Program
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:10:24 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <kwjung.718997347@vela>, kwjung@vela.acs.oakland.edu (JUNG KURT W  ) writes:
> Greg Wust writes:
>> Does anyone know of anything like this that exists under OS/2,
>> Windows, or DOS to use in OS/2 2.0 (I mean, real side by
>> side viewing and all, not a little report like DOS's COMP).
> 
> My favorite file comparison utility is Visual Compare, a $33 shareware program
> designed primarily for programers.  It was written by John Whitney and is
> available in libary 6 of the CompuServe IBMSYS forum, probably elsewhere as
> well.  [stuff deleted]

Ditto, try hobbes: /pub/os2/all/diskutils/vcomp103.zoo

/Doug
--
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Reviews: GammaTech, Sytos Plus, PMFax, HA5
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:52:16 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Oct10.032448.7073@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>SYTOS PLUS
>
>A minor complaint is that, while you can double click directly
>on the strategy you want to use, if your tape drive is not ready, with
>a tape already loaded, nothing will happen.  You won't get a warning
>message of any sort -- Sytos will just abort.  (This doesn't happen
>when you start Sytos itself directly.)

I don't find this to be a problem.  This feature is probably intended
for use in batch files or for scheduling a backup to run at a late
hour.  If the backup is running unattended, you may not want a
warning, since nobody will be around to answer it anyway.

Personally, I think this should be an option in the strategy.
-- 
David Charlap         |"there aren't 50,000 things for which it's worth writing
dic5340@hertz.njit.edu| software; and the computer industry doesn't have enough
----------------------+ programmers to create that much good software.
Therefore, most of it must be worthless" -- Boris Beizer "The Frozen Keyboard"
From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Coupons from IBM
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:19:33 GMT

Hi all, I think it's rather unfair of IBM to limit the distribution of
this coupon book to the US - HEY IBM - the rest of us are now loyal
OS/2 customers too!

Kevin
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kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA  -or-  risk@cs.AthabascaU.CA
From: eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Enhanced Editor and time/date stamp
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:37:52 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <5990@news.duke.edu> eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson) writes:
>-Ted-

The message got deleted. Here it is:

Is there a way to insert a time and date stamp in an EPM editor file.

-Ted-
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: tom@anl433.uucp (Tom Leitner)
Subject: Re: File Comparing Program
Organization: Technical University of Graz, Austria
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 20:14:35 GMT

sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust) writes:
: 
: I have just discovered a program called XDIFF for the Unix world
: that graphically compares two revisions of a file (or two files)
: side by side with clear highlighting of changes, additions,
: etc.
: 
: Does anyone know of anything like this that exists under OS/2,
: Windows, or DOS to use in OS/2 2.0 (I mean, real side by
: side viewing and all, not a little report like DOS's COMP).

A program called VCOMP (visual compare) comes with the ESDTOOLS on the
OS/2 DAP CD. I think its what you're looking for.

Tom
From: sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Mouse loses sync with DOS window point
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:58:23 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
NNTP-Posting-Host: b61442.student.cwru.edu

In article <1992Oct12.042528.23723@news.Hawaii.Edu> ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler) writes:
>From: ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler)
>Subject: Mouse loses sync with DOS window point
>Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:25:28 GMT
>I know this has been asked a billion times before, but I didn't worry about it
>before and a perusal of the FAQ didn't turn up an answer.
>
>I'm trying to run WordPerfect for DOS in a DOS window, but the OS/2 graphical
>mouse pointer fails to keep track of the corresponding DOS text cursor (this
>happens with other programs too - Norton Utilities, for example). Is there
>some magic I can invoke to make them track each other?
>
>I'm running an ET-4000-based SVGA board with the orch09 beta drivers if that's
>part of the problem ...
>
>E-mail preferred, but I'll see responses here. Thanks.
>
>Mike
>--
>  Mike Ressler - Infrared Photon Jockey     ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu
>  - astronomer who favors changing "Big Bang" to "Horrendous Space Kablooie"
>  Some people like music they can brush their teeth to in the morning.
>  Me? I like music I can brush my teeth with ...

You can change the MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS setting to ON to disable the 
graphical cursor while the pointer is in the window. This is really the only 
way to fix the problem you describe (other than running the prog. full 
screen.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
Subject: Re: MOD player for OS/2 2.0?
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:46:43 GMT

Where might I find this MTMOD?  I tried archie and it couldn't find it.

In article <1992Oct7.055554.23510@muddcs.claremont.edu> jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim) writes:

That would be WAY cool.  With it could we expect it to play music fine
even though we're doing something intensive?

>
>>Hi there, does anyon know of a MOD sound player for OS/2 2.0?
>
>WOWII is a DOS MOD player that seems to work halfway decently in a
>DOS box.  MTMOD is another DOS MOD player, this one was specifically
>designed to work under a multitasking system like OS/2, Windows,
>and DeskView.
>
>There's a fella on Fidonet who's swearing he's going to write an
>OS/2 MOD player the instant he gets his CSet/2 compiler.
>-- 
>John H. Kim                 | (This space to be filled when I
>jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu | think of something very clever 
>uunet!jarthur!jokim         | to use as a disclaimer)


-- 
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From: rem@buitc.bu.edu (Robert Mee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Logitech Catchword in Fullscreen mode
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:12:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: bu.98743
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

I have been having trouble running Logitech Catchword 
in a fullscreen dos session. Basically I attempt to scan 
a page of text and it hangs after I scan about a 4 inch
area. Has anybody experienced this problem and solved it?
I have experimented with some of the dos settings without 
success.


Thanks for any info,
Rob



-- 

Robert Mee     Boston University Information Technology      (rem@bu-it.bu.edu)
From: Henri_Hayim_Farhi@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: NFS support for OS/2
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 15:33:09 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Can somebody advise me on the availability of PC-NFS support (eg. drivers)
for OS/2 2.0 ?
Thank you
Henri Farhi
Tencor Instruments
From: olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Ami Pro
Date: 11 Oct 92 13:51:04 GMT
Organization: University of Oslo, Norway

I have been told by Lotus representatives that Ami Pro will be
available before the end of 1992. But when it comes to delivery dates
for software, I do not believe anything before they really start
shipping .....

Olav Torvund
Oslo, Norway
Olavt@jus.uio.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: ffujita@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Frank Fujita)
Subject: EPM question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:31:00 GMT


Just wondering.  I'm not a programmer and don't have the skills to
're-write' EPM.  However, if anyone could remove the 254 line legnth
limit (maybe have a Zero setting to the left of 1), and post the
executable, I'd appreciate it.

Of course, I may be asking the impossible.  

Frank Fujita
From: haen@veces.stgt.sub.org (Herbert Neugebauer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: TRN, Newsreader for OS/2
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 92 13:25:52 GMT
Organization: TRN Porting Labs

In article <NENAAS.92Sep29093957@ulrik.uio.no> nenaas@ulrik.uio.no (Nils-Eivind Naas) writes:
>Are there any plans to implement nntp support for this newsreader?
>Quite a lot of machines are installed at universities and other networked
>sites where news are available vis nntp.
>Save a lot of disk space and data transfer.
>
>Nils-Eivind Naas, ISAF, Oslo

Hello,

sorry, but I can't do that. If somebody has the ability to do
it, I would really appreciate it. Although the source code
is not included in the current package, everybody who wants to
can get it. In the current source, the NNTP option is disabled
via #ifdef lines, but I really don't know if it is possible
to use that code together with NNTP for OS/2.

So long

    Herbert

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From: Fred.Wilkins@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Fred Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: pmfax, winfaxpro & telep
Date: 12 Oct 92 05:47:00 GMT

I fooled around with  four different fax softwares..  and nothing... 
 
I am forced to get PmFax...  I was wondering if you have it... 
 
Wanna trade software??  You know when XT's come out and  
you traded software back and forth?  I would really appreciate 
it.  What would you like for it?  AutoCAD 12...  PMCOMM110 Reg 
Ami Pro 3.0 for Windows...  Bit Fax OCR for Windows... 
anything you are lookin for I can get you.... 
 
 
Please I would appreciate it...  THANKS!!! 
 
Also I need PMCOMM32.*  it is the 32 bit version of Pmcomm... 
 
 

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From: joiner@myria.cs.umn.edu (Jay K. Joiner)
Subject: Re: HyperAccess/5 : first impressions.
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:10:00 GMT

In <1992Oct8.020208.15567@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:

>You then have
>to manually set up an icon by making a shadow of the .exe in some
>folder or the desktop.

What about migrating the application to the WPS, or is that what you 
meant?

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: Help with gnu man.
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 02:04:19 GMT

In article <Bw0sDE.E7y@news.iastate.edu>, jbhuber@iastate.edu (Joseph B Huber) writes:
> [regarding the port of gnu man]
> I don't know which man program was ported by Kai, but I just ported a man
> program written by Edward C. Bennett for my own use which had the same bug
> [can't auto-gen formatted pages].

Rommel ported one by
 * Copyright (c) 1991, John W. Eaton.
 *
 * You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
 * License as specified in the README file that comes with the man 1.0
 * distribution.
 *
 * John W. Eaton
 * jwe@che.utexas.edu
 * Department of Chemical Engineering
 * The University of Texas at Austin
 * Austin, Texas  78712

I've started looking through the code, but I have not yet found a fix
corresponding to your suggestion. I have forwarded a bug-report to Rommel.

Apparently, there are now 3 'man' programs: Your port, Rommel's port, and
the REXX man program by Dennis Schmitz. 

--Darrel Hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Some programs cause Win/OS2 printer errors Help Please
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 00:35:03 CDT
Organization: TCS Consulting Services, St. Paul, MN

I have an Epson ActionPrinter 4500 (set up as Epson 132 col 24 pin and/or
LQ1050 drivers for OS/2), and Epson 24 pin for Win/OS2, using the latest 
drivers I found at ftp-os2.  Rockford (a business card program) cause an 
error with the Epson24 driver in WinOs2, and aborts Rockford's execution.  
CorelDraw also did this when I attempted to print an imported TIFF image.  
The rest of the time all works fine, WinWord, CorelDraw, OnTime, and just 
about everything I've tested with.  This happens with the original (3-30-92) 
drivers and the new drivers I've got now.  IBM support was unable to help me 
with this, has anyone else seen this or might have an idea of what I can do 
to stop this from happening any further?

Thanks

Greg

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From: kwoelfel@sumax.seattleu.edu (Kimball Woelfel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: te/2 problem
Date: 8 Oct 92 23:45:00 GMT
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle WA

In article <92281.160122KM46MISU@MIAMIU.BITNET> KM46MISU@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
>I USE VT100 EMULATION IN TE/2 AND THE F1 TO F4 KEYS DON'T WORK.
>COULD ANYONE HELP ME SOLVE THE PROBLEM? THANK YOU

 Did you read the docs with the program?  it says unless you redefine your keys, they will work like regular VT-100 keys.  I use TE/2 sometimes but I wasn't aware the those keys did anything, so I've never used them.  Color doesn't show up for me though with it.
From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Killer apps
Date: 11 Oct 92 15:26:36 GMT
Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green)
Organization: Columbia University, New York

There was a killer programming application *only* for OS/2, mentioned on
clarinet.  I believe it is called PARTS.  It allows you to wrap code from other
languages into objects, for total integration into neat languages like
SmallTalk V.  Anybody seen these?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: scott@enge1.cc.wm.edu
Subject: OS/2 Chess has a funny display
Organization: College of William & Mary, founded 1693
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:53:26 GMT

The Chess program that comes with OS/2 doesn't display correctly. 
All of the chess pieces have a square shadow around them. I deleted the 
chess.ini file but that doesn't seem to make any difference. I have also
tried several video cards but no change. 

Any ideas?

Scott

scott@enge1.cc.wm.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: CorelDRAW! 2.5 for OS/2 - sighted in NZ
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 11:01:32 GMT

The New Zealand distributor of CorelDRAW! 2.5 for OS/2 did a demonstration of
the product for the OS/2 User's group at IBM in Wellington today. 
 
Suffice to say...it was much faster than the Windows version. No doubt
whatever. It *looks* more like Corel 2.0 than 3.0, but the similarity is
cosmetic. Being multi-threaded, the demonstrator had three separate images
being drawn at one time (nine is the maximum, I believe). It does not reload
the code three times.....it re-executes the code *already* loaded! it just
takes a new pointer and waya it goes.....very impressive. The 32-bit GRE no
doubt helped with the speed. 
 
The demo was run on the OS/2 "2.01" beta. 
 
Being multi-threaded, it actually anticipates some operations. For example, if
you are setting up a blend of two objects, it will begin the "blend" operation
- in the background - BEFORE you actually give it the final instruction to do
so. If you don't, then it never displays the work done. If you DO, then the
blend simply *pops* onto the screen. Under Windows, this could take some
time.......
 
There is a lot more to it, but these are some of the highlights. If you use
Corel...BUY THIS!
 
Steve
 

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Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | On Sept. 19th, 88% of NZ voters opted
Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz         | for proportional representation. It
withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz            | looks like we may get a more  
**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       | democratic system "real soon now".
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