#: 17722 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    14-Mar-93  10:15:30
Sb: Deals and Steals
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: ALL

Hi all!

I'm the type of guy OS9/OSK software vendors moan and groan about. I've a hard
time making the 'jump' to what they're calling reasonably priced software for
our platforms.

Am I cheap? Perhaps. But I also like to think I know when I'm paying _way_ too
much for an application.

So that being said ... lemme pass on a couple of items I've been able to track
down relative to database programs for the OSK machines.

I have been a satisfied user of the CoCo version of Clearbrook's (604) 853-9118
IMS (Information Management System). In speaking with Paul Kehller (hope I
spelled it correctly!), he informs me a new version is due out in approximately
30 days. OSK price is $395.00. Clearbrook will apply the full purchase price of
the CoCo version (in my case $150) against the $395 for an "upgrade" to an OSK
version. Net to me .... $245. Not a bad deal!

Mr. Kehller sees no reason why it wouldn't run on the MM/1.

For another option, I spent about 20 minutes on the telephone with Fred Brown
of Peripheral Technologies (404) 973-2156 yesterday. They have several copies
(upwards of 70 ... make that 69. I bought one!) of an older release of
Sculptor. It's release 1.14:6. The manuals are still in their original shrink
wrap.

This is NOT the current release ... but neither is the price! For $75 dollars,
Mr Brown will ship it to you on your choice of disk formats.

This deal was to have appeared in the double issue of the OS9 Underground, but
somehow did not. The copies are official and you can apply the $75 towards the
current version price (Ed Gresick tells me $3,000) for an upgrade.

According to Mr. Brown, this version should run on the MM/1 and comes with a 5
day money back guarantee. Hard to beat!

Now the disclaimer .... I have nothing to do with either company. Just passing
along some information that may be of interest to other OSK users out there in
the ether.

If you do contact either of the gentlemen ... let 'em know where you found out
about the deal. Perhaps it will underscore the power of the electronic message
as a method of product support.

Thanks!


*- Steve -*