Re: PM3 vs USR TC

Prof Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:11:36 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, MegaZone wrote:

> I was asked about this in email:
>
> * USR doesn't seem to believe in putting prices on their web. Wonder
> why... Also, they don't even seem to believe in putting *product

Huh? I just got off their web site and got pricing info, including pricing
for the 336 upgrades.

> info* online in a usable form. All of the product data sheets I
> needed were available ONLY in PDF format. On top of that, they

PDF is fast becomming a standard

> weren't even in browsable PDF - they were available in "windows" and
> "macintosh" formats - ie ZIPped and Binhexed. I had to download the

Hmm, thats stupid. I guess they dont realize that using special plugins
you can view streaming PDF files so you dont have to download the ENTIRE
file. Ill make a note to them about it.

> the windows version and unzip it on my UNIX box. And *then* the PDFs
> have errors so I had to print them one page at a time, it errored out
> Adobe's viewer if you tried to print all at once. Why do they make it
> so hard?

Hmm, errors? Really? Which ones? Id write to sales@usr.com and tell them
that their SALES material on their web site is messed up!

Im quite suprised of this. I USUALLY find the USR site to be helpful.
Well, yer right, my Acrobat reader reports there are errors. I wonder if
maybe Im using an old version? (2.1). I have noticed that they sure do
draw alot of extraneous stuff in those files that makes output slow.

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