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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

637.0. "Is there an updated SuperBase???" by KIRK::KYZIVAT (Paul Kyzivat) Fri Aug 07 1987 11:13

    I just received my bargain priced version of Superbase Personal ($81)
    from GO AMIGO yesterday.  After playing with it briefly I wonder if I
    have been ripped off.  It doesn't seem to have been updated for
    compatibility with V1.2.  There are a couple of reasons I think this: 

    - the manual talks about having to click in text requesters before
      typing in them, although this is not correct - they do come up
      enabled.

    - it has a number of warning requestors (like when the record you are
      looking for is not found).  These just have an OK box to click when
      you have seen them.  However, these just flash briefly on the screen
      and then disappear on their own without being clicked.

    - the file requestors are old style, with no buttons to select a
      different disk drive.

    These sound typical of V1.1 software running on V1.2, though I didn't
    yet have time to try running it on 1.1.  Normally this would be obvious
    from what workbench was on the disk, but this doesn't come with
    workbench.  In spite of these problems it so far appears to be a nice
    product. 

    Is it possible either that Superbase was never updated for 1.2 or that
    I have been sold an obsolete version?  I would call the company to ask
    except they are in England. 

    If GO AMIGO sold me an obsolete version after telling me they were
    backordered for three weeks I will never buy anything from them again.
    When I first placed the order they said they were out but would be
    getting more the same day.  For $5 more I could have bought from Abel.

	Paul

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637.2	Sounds like 1.2	Z::TENNY	Dave Tenny \| DTN 225-6089	`Fri Aug 07 1987 13:12`	6
	RE: .0 If your requestors are automatically selected for input, (like you said in the first item); then the product is using 1.2 features. It sounds like your documentation is not up to date however.
637.3	me too	RSTS32::HAYES		`Fri Aug 07 1987 15:07`	27
	re: < Note 637.0 by KIRK::KYZIVAT "Paul Kyzivat" > > - it has a number of warning requestors (like when the record you are > looking for is not found). These just have an OK box to click when > you have seen them. However, these just flash briefly on the screen > and then disappear on their own without being clicked. Mine does this too, but I bought it in April. I haven't heard of an updated version. > - the file requestors are old style, with no buttons to select a > different disk drive. Yeah, but there is something on the menu that allows you to change drive:directories. I forget what it's called, off-hand, but it's over on the right. > I would call the company to ask except they are in England. > > Paul I seem to remember they have a distributor (in Texas?) with a hotline for questions. I believe it's listed in the documentation. Let me know if you are interested and can't find it. John
637.4	Progressive Peripherals	29805::KINDEL	Bill Kindel @ LTN2	`Fri Aug 07 1987 16:34`	9
	Re .0: > I would call the company to ask except they are in England. Fortunately, there's an American distributor. I don't have the exact address (look in the INFO list of suppliers), but it's Progressive Peripherals in Denver. They've long been associated with some of the best (see INFO's reviews) software and expansion hardware available for the C-64/128.
637.5	Not only 1.2, but bugs, too.	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Fri Aug 07 1987 17:34`	8
	Re: .0, .2 Let me emphasize what Dave said in .2. If the text requesters are coming up selected for input, it is because the program is calling 1.2-only functions. So, at least it sounds like they did give you a 1.2 compatible version. However, your other problems do make it sound like this isn't a winner of a program.
637.6		AUTHOR::MACDONALD	WA1OMM Listening 224.28	`Sun Aug 09 1987 20:17`	3
	I have been using it for quite sometime and think it is a winner of a program. The version that is current is dated November 28, 1986 on the startup screen.
637.7		WINERY::COLLUM		`Mon Aug 10 1987 12:02`	3
	Just purchased mine in the last month and it has the same date. I've also heard talk about Superbase Professional. Any info?