Re: The Manager: is it really useful?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <CBx2E9.FLG@crdnns.crd.ge.com> csdgwh@utica.ge.com (Glenn W. Hoffman) writes:
>The Manager has been available for a number of months now. But I see no
>discussion of this software.

You've just missed it.  There was a major discussion back when it first came
out.

>I am considering the purchase of The Manager, mostly because it seems
>like a neat addition to my system. I certainly don't _need_ this
>application. I do think I will benefit from it, if it works when I want
>it to.  My most likely scenario for use will be that I am in an
>application like Your Money Matters or CoPilot and want to look up
>something in AWGS.  Or I am working in AWGS and want to play a round of
>Columns or Fortress, or read the latest from A2-On-Disk or Softdisk GS.
>
>So, should I buy The Manager, or save my money for Spectrum or GNO or
>Hardpressed or ...?  Does The Manager really work for you?

The Manager has many incompatibilities; 95% or so of games don't run under it,
including all the Kenrick Mock titles (Columns, VIAD, etc) and the amazing
DuelTris.  In general, non-desktop apps and the Manager don't mix due to TM's
insistance on eating the GS's shadow page.  Supposedly this will be fixed, but
until then I find GNO a far better buy in terms of the cool stuff you can do.



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