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- From: Harry_Noel@wtgdir.UUCP (Harry Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: a non-techie view of Newton
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 01:08:36 GMT
- Organization: MCCS
- Message-ID: <D2150025.9pscj1@wtgdir.UUCP>
- Reply-To: grace!wtgdir!Harry_Noel@moscom.com
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- In article <dbU703SF46wC00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> (comp.sys.mac.misc), jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
- > Ok, now let's try to draw a map on a Newton. Here, I'll sketch a quick
- > outline of the United States and . . . hey, this stupid thing thought I
- > was trying to draw a rectangle! Now instead of a scribbled outline of
- > the country, I've got this nicely perfect -- and perfectly useless --
- > rectangle.
- >
- > Seriously, I don't remember reading in any of the reviews of this thing
- > whether the user can turn off the "helpful" feature that makes it turn
- > your rough drawings into perfect shapes. Sometimes you want your scribbles
- > to remain scribbles.
- >
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- The review in Mac User clearly states that the opion can be turned
- OFF. And the Netwon will use exactly what you draw.
-
- Next concern.........
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