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- ^^^^^^^^^^*by JACK SUGHRUE, Box
- 459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#10
- COMPRODINE, PART TWO
- One of the nicest features of
- JIFFY CARD ($15) its single-sheet
- manual. This includes pictures of
- its 68 graphics along with a sample
- of a card itself. The rest of the
- manual serves as a quick reference
- sheet. It's simple, direct, easy.
- No 40-page tutorials; no heavy-duty
- programming knowledge required. All
- you need is one drive, 32K, and a
- printer: a neat, compact, delightful
- piece of software that does exactly
- what it's supposed to quickly and
- well.
- JC takes about a minute to load
- from XB, but, once loaded, all
- borders, large fonts, and small fonts
- are awaiting your keypress. There
- are 8 prompts for you to follow
- step-by-step with active keys listed
- on screen at all times, so you are
- gently guided through all your
- creations. You first set up a
- location for your card-cover
- graphics; then you type the title and
- select a border by tapping the
- spacebar to cycle through. Next you
- choose the ONE graphic to be placed
- in those areas you designated in Step
- One. This same graphic may even be
- overlapped in repetition.
- Text is now entered. Say what
- you want to say. Next do the same
- for the inside of the card. Then
- choose one of 7 small fonts for the
- front and again for the inside. It's
- fairly easy to toggle between the
- different parts of the card to make
- changes. Finally, you may print the
- card. Before you do, though, you may
- opt to SAVE it for posterity, as
- previously made cards my be LOADed
- quickly and modified easily.
- Basically, that's it.
- For TI owners who wonder how the
- fun went out of computing, this is a
- program to get it back. In the three
- weeks I've had JIFFY CARD, I've
- already used it over a dozen times.
- Now I wish I had spent a few more
- dollars to buy the color version of
- my NX1000 printer, because there is
- also COLOR CARD ($25), the
- mouth-watering color version of JC.
- Both versions come with a template
- for xeroxing or just cutting
- exact-size envelopes for these cards.
- A thoughtful touch, that. CARDS 4ALL
- OCCASIONS ($10) is an "as is" or
- easily personalized collection of
- spiffy cards for easy JC loading.
- Once you've mastered JIFFY CARD,
- you should find JIFFY FLYER ($10) or
- COLOR FLYER ($20) a piece of cake.
- The commands are very similar for the
- making of an easy to read, easy to
- create, eye-catching one-pager for
- yard sales, announcements,
- pronouncement, mini-posters,
- whatever. These programs also use
- the same (CSGD) graphics which can be
- imported from everywhere or purchased
- in a maximum diskful (127 pictures)
- for $10 (CSGD GRAPHICS). A 50-file
- collection of borders and fonts may
- also be purchased for $10 (CARD/FLYER
- GRAPHICS). It's this sort of
- companion support that makes these
- inexpensive JIFFY programs even more
- valuable. That's why so many people
- are happy that COMPRODINE is also
- distributing Great Lakes Software (at
- an incredibly low $10 for each item):
- JOYPAINT 99, PAL, CLIPART DISK (which
- is a nice trio); CERTIFICATE 99,
- COMPANIONs 1 && 2, GRAPHIC COMPANION
- (which is a nice quartet). JOYPAINT
- is an excellent artist program,
- particularly with the PAL.
- CERTIFICATE 99 is, to date, the state
- of the art certificate maker for the
- TI. The support material for both
- programs make them extremely valuable
- tools (toys) for any owner.
- BANNERS 99 and EXTENDED BUSINESS
- GRAPHS are the other two Great Lakes
- products distributed by COMPRODINE.
- However, they have many more of
- their own products. PICTURE IT ($10)
- and PRINT IT && PLUS ($13) convert
- instances to banners, to Funnelweb,
- or to Extended BASIC for printing
- through your Writer files; prints
- incredibly professional disk
- catalogs, titles, labels, with
- excellent user-designed materials,
- including sprites.
- BINGO (just $5) not only lets you
- play two screen boards but allows the
- printing out of boards for everyone.
- Good graphics and speech. FORMSHOP
- ($15) permits very flexible creation
- of forms for business, hobby, or
- personal use with the same ease as
- the JIFFY programs.
- If you've gone to a TI fair
- recently and looked up at a gigantic
- computer-made poster, it was done
- with GIANT ARTIST POSTERS ($15) which
- lets you takeanyTI-ARTIST screen,
- whether acquired or created, and
- print it out in sizes from 10 by 14
- inches to 5 by 8 feet! For these
- king-size jobbies I would recommend
- printing it out just before you go to
- bed and pull it off in the morning.
- Although the program works very fast
- (and easy), printing anything that
- size takes a considerable time.
- COMPRODINE also publishes a neat,
- professional date-tracking electronic
- calendar with lots of features.
- Similar to SCHEDULE MANAGER (Asgard)
- and REMIND ME (Genial), REMINDERS
- helps you to organize your life in
- positive, realistic ways. A good buy
- at just $10.
- But the new gem of the COMPRODINE
- treasure chest of software goodies is
- ARTIST PRINT SHOP. Written by Paul
- Coleman in fast and comfortable c99,
- this program uses TI-ARTIST graphics
- and fonts without conversion. So you
- could draw from the thousands of
- files already in user-group
- libraries, hidden in BBS listings, or
- ordered from commercial sources; or
- you could create your own in
- TI-ARTIST and use them directly.
- Basically, the 3-disk package
- ($25 - and an additional $10 for the
- not-required [but recommended] BORDER
- MAKER package) permits the creation
- of very dramatic signs, letterheads,
- banners, and flyers.
- Follow the 18-page manual through
- one full time, performing each of the
- easy tasks, and you will be
- immediately comfortable with all of
- the sections, as they have a very
- similar structure. After a couple
- creations the manual is no longer
- necessary. I used it only two days
- before I gave an hour-long demo of
- all its sections at the recent New
- England Fayuh. Most of you would
- have only needed two hours, but I
- tend to play with things for a while
- BEFORE using the manuals. My sisters
- Sonia and Pat both claim I was
- dropped on my head numerous times as
- a baby. In any event APS is an
- easy-to-use even for me type of
- program. And varied and useful and
- fun.
- The BANNERS section of this large
- piece of electronic wizardry is one
- of the most flexible I have ever
- used. It provides both text and
- graphic options rarely seen on most
- banner programs.
- The SIGNMAKER makes very dramatic
- signs, flyers, pages using a large
- and a small ARTIST font and 5
- different graphics which can be
- mirrored, magnified, and/or
- multiplied for all kinds of flexible
- creations.
- The STATIONERY portion also
- offers some great flexibility with
- some exceptional results.
- In short, ARTIST PRINT SHOP would
- be a nice addition to your
- collection of super TI programs.
- Your best bet would be to write
- COMPRODINE for a catalog (or order
- any of the above adding $1.50 S&&H
- for one item or $3.00 for two or
- more) to 1949 Evergreen Ave.,
- Fullerton, CA, 92635.
- [If you use NEW-AGE/99 please put
- me on your exchange list.]
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