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- Subject: Re: Free Appsoft Draw
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.092120.16171@urz.unibas.ch>
- From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (Robert Frank)
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 09:21:20 GMT
- Reply-To: frank@ifi.unibas.ch
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- References: <1992Aug17.055844.584@appsoft.com>
- Organization: Institut fuer Informatik
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- In article <1992Aug17.055844.584@appsoft.com> writes:
- > A fully functional copy of Appsoft Draw which you can authorize for 30 days
- has
- > been uploaded to the sonata.cc.purdue.edu archive under /pub/next/demos.
- >
- > Draw has been shipping for three months and is getting good reviews from
- users.
- > Chuck Hansen at Motorola writes that Appsoft Draw is "awesome."
- >
- > Independent designer Michael Bodily says, "Draw is easier to use
- > than Illustrator. It's perfect for corporate or in-house use." NeXTWORLD
- > magazine calls it "ideal as a basic drawing tool for both general users and
- > professional illustrators."
- >
- > Find out for yourself. Here's how it works. You have to first download the
- > AppsoftDraw.tar file and install it. Then when you start your copy of Draw,
- > you will be asked to call Appsoft, toll free, at 1-800-428-2777. When you
- call
- > us and give us your serial number, we will give you an authorization number
- on
- > the spot which will turn on Draw for 30 days. If you get stuck, consult the
- > fully indexed Help files included with the application. Or call us direct
- and
- > we will be happy to help you out.
- >
- > Spread the word about Appsoft Draw! Feel free to give a copy of your demo
- > disk to anybody else with a NeXT machine. Enter the Appsoft Draw Art Contest
- > described in the enclosed flier. Send us your creations and you could win
- free
- > copies of Appsoft Draw and Appsoft Image, our new photo editing and image
- > processing package due out in October. Above all, tell us what you think
- about
- > the application. We are always interested in feedback and suggestions.
- >
- > Peter Seymour
- > Director of Sales
- >
- > pseymour@appsoft.com
- >
- > Appsoft, Inc.
- > 255 Shoreline Dr., Suite 520
- > Redwood City, CA 94065
- > 415 802-2900 fax 415 592-6043
-
- Nice, and now for some fire from abroad: (also mailed directly)
-
- Have you (AppSoft) fixed the damm problems with the "forreign" characters? I
- WANT TO TYPE UMLAUTS! It won't work in AppsoftDraw - it worked in the last
- release of Draw ...
-
- And: how doy you think we (from outside the USA) are to reach you at the 1-800
- number???????
-
- -Robert
- --
- Robert Frank tel. + (061) 321 99 67
- Institut fuer Informatik fax + (061) 321 99 15
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-