NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/apps/5886

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Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!rjones
From: [e-mail] (Ronald Jones)
Subject: Re: ZSoft Publisher's Paintbrush?
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Keywords: Zsoft, windows
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:31:31 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gregory Wright) writes:
>am using only the Paintbrush part and do nothing with the scanner side
>of the package. I am running it under win/os2 with no troubles at all. It
>ran right "out of the box."  However, If they come out with   32-bit
>OS2 version I would wait for it....HPFS support, speed, etc....
>

I (finally) got hold of someone at Zsoft and am very disturbed by what
was said. They have a OS/2 2.0 version of PB but the scanner support is
not in this program as in the Windows product. The sales person said
that this was because OS/2 had built-in scanner support so it wasn't
needed (news to me!). Also, PB for OS/2 would not be sold through retail
outlets. You have to buy it directly from Zsoft! The salesperson could
not tell me why this was the policy.


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