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Posted on 21-Dec-2002 21:00 GMT by Cyberwlf45 comments
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GrassHopper have announced their latest version of PageStream for the Amiga and other platforms. V4.1.5 is to be released this weekend. With future updates to include PDF Export support and Word Document import/export support, amongst other things. Mention of an AmigaOS 4 version also is included in their latest update. They are also offering an XMas sale price of $90US for customers referred by existing owners. "PageStream4.1.5 Christmas Release!
Christmas is still a few more days away, but we have been hard at work preparing your Christmas gift from us! The initial Windows release is available now, and the Amiga release will be available Saturday. Macintosh should follow before Christmas. Why are we telling you this now? Because as Christmas draws near, you might easily miss the announcement. While others are laying flat on the floor from one more helping of turkey, you can be exploring 4.1.5. Ok, maybe it is just us that lives and breaths PageStream. Humor us! Besides, it might just be worth your while to visit the web site on Christmas day ;-) Registered owners of 4.1 can download the latest update by going to www.grasshopperllc.com, and clicking on downloads in the left hand menu. From the main downloads page, click on your product/platform and enter your registration number and password to gain access. We will also be posting updates to 4.0 Windows just after Christmas!

Special Deals for Special Customers!
PageStream has always been a great product, and our customers have always been the best advertising a company can have! Together we form a winning combination! Now we are doing our best to make it even easier for you to help spread the word! Until the end of the year, any new customers, that are referred by an existing PageStream customer, will receive a full registered copy of PageStream4.1 on the platform of their choice for only $90! Owners of older versions of PageStream can also receive the latest version for no more than $90!! Of course, PageStream4.0 customers can upgrade for even less! Lastly, users who need a second (or third) copy of PageStream for a coworker, family member, or other associates may do so for only $60 as long as the additional copies remain registered to the original owner for the first copy. Hurry, these offers are for a limited time! You won't find a better time to share in the power of the most functional desktop publishing program ever! For additional details, or to order, visit us at www.grasshopperllc.com.

Surveys Surveyed!
As you may recall, we first asked you back in August which platforms you are using to guide us in future platform development. If you missed the survey results on our web site, they are still available there. (As a quick recap, Amiga OS4/Amiga One, Mac OS X, and Linux were clearly the winners! Don't be surprised to hear more soon as these gifts of Christmas future materialize.)

In our recent survey we asked what features you would like to see in future versions of PageStream. Considering the wide variety of PageStream users, we were not surprised to receive a broad spectrum of suggested features. A great many of our survey respondents also took the time to let us know that while they could always use a few more features to make their design work go quicker, they loved PageStream already! Talk about a good feeling! However, we still had to find a winner. A free feature just for helping us! The most asked for feature (just barely) was font embedding in PDF output. So look for it in the next major, free, update to PageStream4.1! Even more amazing, is that after discussing it, Deron felt that an actual new feature should be added. So not only can you look forward to improved PDF output, but we are also going to add a Microsoft Word import/export filter which was another frequently asked for feature! Wow!"

PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 1 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 21-Dec-2002 20:01 GMT
I forgot to mention contact details, so here it is:

Grasshopper LLC
PO Box 220
Antigo WI 54409-0220
715 627 0789
http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 2 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Joël EHRET on 22-Dec-2002 07:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (Cyberwlf):
Still a company which doesn't understand lots of things on business...
prefer coding for an inexistant OS rather starting port for an
existing one.... everyone understand what I mean for sure.., not
necessary to give names. :)
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 3 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 07:41 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Joël EHRET):
"Still a company which doesn't understand lots of things on business...
prefer coding for an inexistant OS rather starting port for an
existing one.... everyone understand what I mean for sure.., not
necessary to give names. :)"

There are versions of Pagestream for Windows and Mac, and a Linux
version is planned. Deron still has enough Amiga customers to justify
compiling an AmigaOS version.

A poll was conducted earlier this year to guage interest in porting to
other OSes, and IIRC Mac OS X (as opposed to 9) and Linux came out
top.

If you are thinking of MorphOS, presumably the current version runs on
MorphOS under emulation? Anyone here using Pagestream on a Pegasos?
Does it print OK ?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 4 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 22-Dec-2002 09:33 GMT
There's no reason for them to port to MorphOS, if there was any interest from actual customers, they had the opportunity to vote for it in the poll, instead, people preferred AmigaOS 4 support. And how is OSX/Linux a non existant platform? And how is their existing support of AmigaOS 3.x and Windows and Mac OS9 a non existant platform?

Get off your trolling.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 5 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Johan Rönnblom on 22-Dec-2002 09:45 GMT
Yeah, it's pathetic that people complain when developers are actually
doing something.

Now I'd really like a MorphOS version but I guess my opinion would be
worth more if I bought the program.. too bad I can't afford it before
the new year, I hope the price isn't going to increase too much..
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 6 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by mahen on 22-Dec-2002 09:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Johan Rönnblom):
Yep, but anyway, an OS4 version as well as a MOS version
would require practically no work, right ?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 7 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 22-Dec-2002 09:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Cyberwlf):
Why so angry.. Worried about something? Try to realx, X.mas is coming :)
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 8 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 09:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (mahen):
"Yep, but anyway, an OS4 version as well as a MOS version
would require practically no work, right ?"

Deron would have to buy a Pegasos computer, spend time learning how
it differed from other platforms, install updates, etc.

It wouldn't be worth it for sales in single figures. If hundreds (or
even dozens) of users are running Pagestream on the Pegasos under
emulation in the future, then things might look different.

Is anyone here running Pagestream 4 on a Pegasos?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 9 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 22-Dec-2002 10:01 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Don Cox):
Well. same goes to OS4 .. It needs new system as least as badly as MOS... So?

In fact Mos can be (note I don't have it so can't really wouch for personal experience...) used on older machines too, it's been actively developed/tested on Amiga 1200s with BPPC+Bvisions.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 10 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 10:37 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (JoannaK):
"Well. same goes to OS4 .. It needs new system as least as badly as
MOS... So? "

Yes, but it did attract a good number of votes in the Pagestream
platform poll.

It's not likely that a port to OS 4 would start in the near future.
Nothing can happen until the OS is available. But as with MorphOS, it
should be able to run Pagestream fine under the 68k emulator, which
(assuming it works well) should give something like a 400MHz 68040 on
a G4. That will be plenty fast enough for Pagestream.

Even a 50MHz 68060 is usable, although rather slow.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 11 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by José on 22-Dec-2002 10:48 GMT
This is great news. One of the best Amiga Classic software is not gonna disappear..
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 12 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 10:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (Don Cox):
You shouldn't really draw *any* conclusions from Internet polls. There is *much* too much uncertainty involved. Polls like this only tend to attract some hardcore geeks that keeps hitting the reload button (or votes from different IP addresses) untill their chosen alternative "wins". And who says that those people will ever be a paying customer anyway? I would seriously consider buying that software if it were available for MorphOS. I really would. But *I didn't even know* about the poll! You see the problems with basing strategic business decissions on Internet polls and webpage visitors statistics? They say nada! If they wanted to do a cheap and brief marketing research they could have started with asking their existing, registered, customers of their oppinion ...
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 13 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 10:57 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Johan Rönnblom):
> Now I'd really like a MorphOS version but I guess my opinion would be
> worth more if I bought the program.. too bad I can't afford it before
> the new year, I hope the price isn't going to increase too much..

Agree!
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 14 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 11:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Don Cox):
> Deron would have to buy a Pegasos computer, spend time learning how
> it differed from other platforms, install updates, etc.

> It wouldn't be worth it for sales in single figures. If hundreds (or
> even dozens) of users are running Pagestream on the Pegasos under
> emulation in the future, then things might look different.

The efforts for a developer to get a Pegasos up and running is *very* low. It's more a matter of which choices and prioritys you make. I of course respect their decision, but I think it's kind of sad.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 15 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 11:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (takemehomegrandma):
"I would seriously consider buying that software if it were available for
MorphOS. I really would. But *I didn't even know* about the poll! "

But it _is_ available for MorphOS. You just buy the Amiga 68k version.
It will run plenty fast enough. The whole point of providing a 68k
emulation in the OS is to allow you to use existing (up to date)
programs for the Amiga.

If later on there are lots of people running PGS on the Pegasos, they
can request a native port. It would run about twice as fast.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 16 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 11:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (Don Cox):
> It's not likely that a port to OS 4 would start in the near future.
> Nothing can happen until the OS is available.

Exactly. And no one knows anything about the future userbase of the OS4 platform, and polls do not give any guidance whatsoever.

> But as with MorphOS, it should be able to run Pagestream fine under the 68k
> emulator,

I guess. I haven't tried it myself. But it's listed under "Software/DTP" on www.pegasosppc.com, so I guess that someone have tried it ...?

But this is one of those applications that really would benefit from being PPC native. And really, porting software to (and from, I guess) MorphOS is often very easy. It will take more efforts to port the software to Windows and Linux than to port it between AmigaOS and MorphOS, since those have practically the same API. So I guess it's more a matter of choice by the developers ...
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 17 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 11:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Don Cox):
> If later on there are lots of people running PGS on the Pegasos, they
> can request a native port. It would run about twice as fast.

Well as said above, I guess the best way to get a MorphOS port is to buy the software and request a native port. I might do that. No. I *will* do that!
:-)

Merry Christmas!
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 18 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 11:30 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (takemehomegrandma):
"I guess. I haven't tried it myself. But it's listed under "Software/DTP" on www.pegasosppc.com, so I guess
that someone have tried it ...?"

If not, then they should. It's an excellent program - it has far more
features than Pagemaker, for instance.

"But this is one of those applications that really would benefit from
being PPC native."

Not as much as a 3D rendering program or an audio mixing program, and
I think for most users 6x the speed on an Amiga will be enough. But a
further doubling in speed will do no harm. You could get that from
installing a 1.2 GHz CPU as well as from PGS being ported to native
code. The faster CPU would benefit all programs.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 19 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 22-Dec-2002 11:42 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (Don Cox):
> If not, then they should. It's an excellent program - it has far more
> features than Pagemaker, for instance.

Yes I know. I have made up my mind. I'll buy it! :-D
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 20 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Frans on 22-Dec-2002 11:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 19 (takemehomegrandma):
Right now, they have a special: you could buy the full version for $90! If you find someone who is a registered user and you mention that person when you order...
(Hint: I happen to be a registered user, and I'd be happy to be that referrer.)
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 21 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Alkemyst on 22-Dec-2002 11:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Joël EHRET):
Its better to have SW ready to go for when it does exist dont you think.
Just like game consoles have games ready on day of release.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 22 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Sjoerd on 22-Dec-2002 12:19 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (takemehomegrandma):
Yeh I have seen it running on a Pegasos, it was on a olde release of MorphOS, I haven´t been able yet to get it running mainly because of lack of fonts on MorphOS and PageStream needs the _bullet plugin types which issn´t availble on MorphOS

Bye,

Sjoerd
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 23 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 22-Dec-2002 12:19 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (Don Cox):
We all know that those website polls are easy to rig. So it's not proving much.

But we'll see. I hope they start showing some progress on OS4 sometime soon. Cause without OS4 this entire discussion it quite pointless.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 24 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Rob on 22-Dec-2002 12:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (takemehomegrandma):
So you voted in the recent Amiga awards then.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 25 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 13:34 GMT
In reply to Comment 22 (Sjoerd):
"Yeh I have seen it running on a Pegasos, it was on a olde release of MorphOS, I haven´t been able yet to
get it running mainly because of lack of fonts on MorphOS and PageStream needs the _bullet plugin types
which isn´t available on MorphOS "

The easiest way to get the "_bullet" stuff that is needed by this and
other programs would be to buy an OS3.9 CD. All the Intellifont stuff
is in the "Workbench 3.5" drawer on that.

For other fonts, Pagestream can use Truetype and Type 1 fonts which
are available everywhere. The Agfa fonts give the best screen display,
but the others print well.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 26 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Don Cox on 22-Dec-2002 13:54 GMT
In reply to Comment 23 (JoannaK):
"We all know that those website polls are easy to rig. So it's not
proving much."

IIRC the poll was limited to current PGS users, so it wouldn't be so
easy to rig.


"But we'll see. I hope they start showing some progress on OS4
sometime soon. Cause without OS4 this entire discussion it quite
pointless."

Not totally pointless - it would be nice to see Pagestream working on
MorphOS too.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 27 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 22-Dec-2002 16:43 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (takemehomegrandma):
Actually this is not just some geek-manifested "Internet Poll" . This was a poll conducted by the authors, and directed primarily at the needs/wants of -existing- customers. So the poll results are indeed accurate.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 28 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 22-Dec-2002 16:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Frans):
I am a registered user too ;) (to state the obvious) if anyone is in need of a referer.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 29 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 22-Dec-2002 16:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 23 (JoannaK):
Having spoken directly with the company about AmigaOS 4 they stated to me as:

a. They have an existing (Mac) PPC version
b. They have existing Amiga OS version
c. They'll have a current Amiga OS version as 68k for any version they wish to use as a start for porting to PPC

That given these 2 porting of it to AOS4 would be a relatively easy job. How MorphOS's API's and programming guidelines for Native applications differ to AOS I don't know. It may differ in ways for all we know which make it a lot more difficult to port.

And there is the issue raised previously, there needs to be a demand for it for it to be ported. How many of the MorphOS existing customers/buyers-to-be will PURCHASE a copy of this? Based on this thread I can count 3 ;) But that's no indication how many out there will buy it, and how many will just say they will. This is why their poll of existing customers gave them an accurate reflection of what paying customers want currently. The future beyond that is yet unwritten.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 30 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Sjoerd on 22-Dec-2002 18:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 29 (Cyberwlf):
>a. They have an existing (Mac) PPC version
?? Why is it than running on a 68k emulator on the Amiga??
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 31 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 22-Dec-2002 20:47 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Don Cox):
And who told you that he needs a Peg to developm for MOS?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 32 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 22-Dec-2002 21:54 GMT
> The efforts for a developer to get a Pegasos up and running is *very* low

It should be (for anybody, not only developers) but porting an AmigaOS3 application to native Morphos may be anything but easy. If you are lucky, you can do it it in a few days. But it might also take months.

For a start, it depends on how easy the project can be ported to gcc. gcc can be a nightmare if much of your project exists in form of libraries or devices. These things tend to be very compiler-specific. And gcc, to my knowledge, doesn't have a source level debugger, if you ever run into serious problems. Then there is the problem of not-so obvious PPC issues, like endianess. It can take a while to locate endianess-related bugs. Finally, some parts of Morphos differ from their AmigaOS3 counterparts, and you will have to perform extensive testing. For example, Morphos uses a diferent installer. I've seen the 68k version only and it sucks (crash prone). Many installations will not work with it. Other issues: different rexx interpreter (if any at this time, I don't know), dependency on third party libraries not running correctly under Morphos, etc.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 33 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 22-Dec-2002 22:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 32 (Anonymous):
You sound quite pessimistic.. Have you actually tried or are you just speculating it all?

And... most of those potential issues (like endianess, GCC and librtaries etc..) are as (or even more) likely to be with OS4 too. So would it be better to start now with MOS port and then after code is GCC clean do OS4 dependant adjustments?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 34 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Kronos on 22-Dec-2002 22:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 32 (Anonymous):
All that can also be said about OS4:
GCC, InstallerNG, emu-probs .....
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 35 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 23-Dec-2002 00:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Frans):
Well I would like to have a referrer. Feel free to drop me a mail at takemehomegrandma@hotmail.com with the needed information (name? registration number?). Thanks!
:-)
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 36 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by ehaines on 23-Dec-2002 02:47 GMT
In reply to Comment 35 (takemehomegrandma):
It's think it's amusing that certain people read this news item and
immediately go into the "oh, it's an internet poll, it's rigged, etc.
etc." mode. If MorphOS had been announced as the top choice you
would have been crowing it from the rooftops. A little less bias
please! Or at least be more subtle about it! Thank you.

Anyway, isn't this the oldest actively developed commercial Amiga
program ever? Impressive.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 37 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 23-Dec-2002 03:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 36 (ehaines):
Yeah it is the oldest one still in development I'd say. Even if ImageFX gets more updates, it'd still not be as old as this.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 38 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Cyberwlf on 23-Dec-2002 03:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 30 (Sjoerd):
>>a. They have an existing (Mac) PPC version
>?? Why is it than running on a 68k emulator on the Amiga??

Urm? Since when? It isn't.I've been using PageStream since V2.1 days and using the latest now and it runs perfectly natively, no 68k emulator ;) And why would a 68k emulator be needed on a 68k machine? And how does ANY of this have ANYTHING to do with the Macintosh version?
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 39 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by falcon1 on 23-Dec-2002 08:06 GMT
I'd like to buy a copy a pagestream... If someone who has a registered
copy would like to give my name i would be very happy..
please write to falcon1@free.fr

thx for all
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 40 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 23-Dec-2002 12:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Frans):
I have placed my order now. Thank you and merry christmas!
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 41 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 23-Dec-2002 12:42 GMT
In reply to Comment 36 (ehaines):
> It's think it's amusing that certain people read this news item and
> immediately go into the "oh, it's an internet poll, it's rigged, etc.
> etc." mode. If MorphOS had been announced as the top choice you
> would have been crowing it from the rooftops. A little less bias
> please! Or at least be more subtle about it! Thank you.

Give me a break! I just pointed out that I think it is unwize to base your strategic business decisions on Internet polls and web page statistics (allthough everyone is free to do that, I don't really mind), because there is too much uncertainty involved. That's all!
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 42 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Mostafa on 23-Dec-2002 13:30 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Frans):
Any chance of someone being my referrer?

I would love to buy the latest version.

regards

Mostafa (sgtbilko@uboot.com)
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 43 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by greenboy on 23-Dec-2002 14:57 GMT
I'd like to have Pagestream running natively on MorphOS as I am soon going to buy a Pegasos machine to replace my sole remaining, dying Amiga. Failing that, I'll settle for it running as an Amiga app...

I've been using Pagestream since before it was called that (was Publishing Partner?) and it was first on the AtariST. When Pagestream first made the platform leap I was so happy to be running it on a cooler computer. I'd like to see that again.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 44 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 23-Dec-2002 15:54 GMT
In reply to Comment 43 (greenboy):
IMHO this timing is anonying, cause there is no way I could get any new system in time to enjoy upgrade from my 2.2Pagestream (used that on A3000, so many years ago). Ah well, enough ranting.. In the end it's good thing someone makes SW for these systems.
PageStream 4.1.5 and AmigaOS4 and XMas Sale : Comment 45 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by thoromyr on 23-Dec-2002 18:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 32 (Anonymous):
For all those going on about the difficulty in porting PgS to MorphOS: unless my memory has failed me badly, Deron (the developer) made the jump from SAS/C to gcc some time ago. It did cause problems, but should be long past by now. The only remaining difficulty is MorphOS/Amiga3.1 differences which, given the nature of MorphOS, are probably (though not necessarily) minimal.

The working in an emulator I'd be a little concerned about: there were problems in the UAE jit that seemed to only affect PgS and then only in little ways (so you didn't necessarily see them right away).

Ah well, I'm just happy that a linux version is in the works...
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