On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 00:08:10, P Witte wrote:
(ref: <001801c1c946$aca80230$0100a8c0@gamma>)
>Al Feng writes:
>
>> I *know* (for example) that SMSQ/E is BETTER, but I doubt that I could be
>> convinced to buy it, now, without first seeing what it can/cannot do
>> compared to the plain-jane variant because what the enhanced version of
>> the OS can do still might not be what I want as a perceivable
>> improvement.
>
>Of course, if you only ever monotask Quill, there is little point in going
>for SMSQ/E, but apart from that there is no comparison. SMSQ/E will do any
>and everything QDOS will do, only better, and with less bugs. Youll never
>want to revert once you get to grips with it. Some programs may no longer
>work, but that is 'couse they never really worked in the first place, except
>that on the ol' QL it didnt show up! For most of these programs there will
>be modern equivalents or debugged and spruced up versions, probably freely
>available off the web or from one of the many libraries.
... and a small word for Minerva too - much the same can be said.
SMSQ/E is better now of course.
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